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MODELING MODEL ROCKETS: A STUDY IN OPTIMIZING MODEL rocketry . Alex Chen, Jake Cooper, Matt DeCesare, Annie Liang, Alex Parsells, Saket Shah, Alan Shenkerman, Kevin Woytowich, Michael Wu, Audrey Yan, Annie Zhou Advisor: Robert Murawski Assistant: Sam Zorn ABSTRACT. Although rocket science involves advanced mathematics and meticulous calculations, MODEL rocketry is a useful segue into the world of rockets. For this project, the team built eleven unique rockets from different MODEL kits. After measuring the rockets' dimensions, they recre- ated their rockets in OpenRocket, a program used to simulate MODEL rocket flight. After launch- ing the rockets, experimental apogee was compared to a simulated apogee from OpenRocket and to a calculated theoretical apogee. The team also experimented with different variables to STUDY how they affected apogee - first, by increasing the mass of a chosen rocket , and measuring its ef- fect on the original apogee; next, the shape of the nose cone was varied on a second rocket , and the apogee was again observed and compared.

MODELING MODEL ROCKETS: A STUDY IN OPTIMIZING MODEL ROCKETRY Alex Chen, Jake Cooper, Matt DeCesare, Annie Liang, Alex Parsells, Saket Shah, ... ABSTRACT Although rocket science involves advanced mathematics and meticulous calculations, model rocketry is a useful segue into the world of rockets. For this project, the team built eleven ...

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