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The Bungee Jumper: a simple mathematical model
Exploring the energy transfers as a bungee jumper falls by considering each of the three stores (kinetic, gravitational and elastic) as a function of x and then summing.
Publisher: T³ Europe
Author: Ian Galloway
Topic: STEM
Tags Acceleration , Algebra , Dynamic Simulations , Functions , Mathematical thinking , Mechanics , Modeling , Physics , Sharing Inspiration 2019 , Stochastics , Sustainability
Exploring the energy transfers as a bungee jumper falls by considering each of the three stores (kinetic, gravitational and elastic) as a function of x and then summing. Most text books ignore the problem and only consider energy conservation in horizontally oscillating systems as then there are only two stores to consider. Some texts even state that the vertically oscillating system is too difficult to analyse, but here, using dynamic geometry the solution is easy to see!
