Neelima used a bag of sand, with the egg secured in a tiny cardboard box and placed in the middle, another idea of hers was to place the egg between two cleaning sponge and securing the two halves. The sand bag design passed while the other one did not. Lakshmi used a bundle of hay with the egg placed inside the bundle and an empty tin can, with the top removed and the inside lined with cotton. Lakshmi's 'bundle of hay' design was a success. Muthanna's lander was made up of discarded rags. These pieces of cloth were bundled, with multiple layers tightly secured with the help of a twine. This design did not achieve the desired result. Later the designs were analysed for reasons for failure. While Manjunath's leather ball had a inner softer core of cleaning sponge, the sponge material itself was densely packed. Hence the impact energy traversed through the material and was transferred to the egg, thus breaking it. This was observed in the other designs which used this sponge material. Muthanna's design was made up of a bundle of textile materials wrapped one on top of the other with the egg in the middle, this design though very convincing initially turned out to be a surprise when it failed. The reason being that each layer was tightly secured. This tight packing did not help in dissipating the energy of the impact.
In the end, we had, five broken eggs and three winners-Lakshmi- (bundle of hay), Arif (parachute) and Neelima (sand bag).
I would like to thank the staff and students at R.A.T.E for the successful completion of this project.
Sincerely,
Prof. Balaji Aresh. M.Tech.
Senior Lecturer |
