RoadTesting
Anotheraspectofautomotiveengineeringisnotonlyevaluatingtheperformanceratingofacar,but
alsofindinghowyourcarwillperformintherealworld,thisiscalledroadtesting.
Directions:
Usingyourballooncar,youwilltesttoseehowfastyourcarwillupandinclinewhich
willsimulatetheroadconditionsintherealworld,inthiscaseahill.Makechangesto
yourcarasneededandonceready,recordthreetrialsofyourcartravelingonalevel
surface,upaslightincline,mediumincline,andfinallyasevereincline.
Speedofcaronlevelsurface(baselineorcontrolexperiment)
Trial Number
1
2
3
AVERAGE
Time (X-Axis)
Distance (Y-Axis)
Graphyourresultsbelow:
Eachtrialshouldhaveitsownline,startingattheoriginandgoing
throughthepointgeneratedbyyourdata.Besuretoincludethe
averageaswell.
Analyzeyourgraph
Whichofyourthreetrialshasthehighest
speed?
Whatwastheaveragespeedofyourcar?
Whatwasthefurthestdistancetraveledby
yourcar?
Didyounoticeanypatternsinyourdata?
Speedtravelingonaslightincline
Trial Number
1
2
3
AVERAGE
Time (X-Axis)
Distance (Y-Axis)
Graphyourresultsbelow:
Eachtrialshouldhaveitsownline,startingattheoriginandgoing
throughthepointgeneratedbyyourdata.Besuretoincludethe
averageaswell.
Analyzeyourgraph
Whichofyourthreetrialshasthehighest
speed?
Whatwastheaveragespeedofyourcar?
Whatwasthefurthestdistancetraveledby
yourcar?
Didyounoticeanypatternsinyourdata?
Speedtravelingonamediumincline
Trial Number
1
2
3
AVERAGE
Time (X-Axis)
Distance (Y-Axis)
Graphyourresultsbelow:
Eachtrialshouldhaveitsownline,startingattheoriginandgoing
throughthepointgeneratedbyyourdata.Besuretoincludethe
averageaswell.
Analyzeyourgraph
Whichofyourthreetrialshasthehighest
speed?
Whatwastheaveragespeedofyourcar?
Whatwasthefurthestdistancetraveledby
yourcar?
Didyounoticeanypatternsinyourdata?
SpeedTravelingupasevereincline
Trial Number
1
2
3
AVERAGE
Time (X-Axis)
Distance (Y-Axis)
Graphyourresultsbelow:
Eachtrialshouldhaveitsownline,startingattheoriginandgoing
throughthepointgeneratedbyyourdata.Besuretoincludethe
averageaswell.
Analyzeyourgraph
Whichofyourthreetrialshasthehighest
speed?
Whatwastheaveragespeedofyourcar?
Whatwasthefurthestdistancetraveledby
yourcar?
Didyounoticeanypatternsinyourdata?
Wheredidyourcarhavetheleastamountofkineticenergy?Themostkineticenergy?
Wheredidyourcarhavetheleastamountofpotentialenergy?Themostpotentialenergy?
Diagramtheinclinewiththepointofmostkineticenergyandmostpotentialenergy.