Acoustic measurement of potato cannon velocity

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dc.creatorCourtney, Michael
dc.creatorCourtney, Amy
dc.date2006-12-13
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:22:05Z
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dc.descriptionThis article describes measurement of potato cannon velocity with a digitized microphone signal. A microphone is attached to the potato cannon muzzle and a potato is fired at an aluminum target about 10 m away. The potato's flight time can be determined from the acoustic waveform by subtracting the time in the barrel and time for sound to return from the target. The potato velocity is simply the flight distance divided by the flight time.
dc.description3 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0612118
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0612118
dc.identifierThe Physics Teacher -- November 2007 -- Volume 45, Issue 8, pp. 496-497
dc.identifierdoi:10.1119/1.2798362
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/213534
dc.subjectPhysics Education
dc.subjectPopular Physics
dc.titleAcoustic measurement of potato cannon velocity
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