Because of your knowledge of physics, you have been hired as a technical adviser on a...
Because of your physics background, you have been asked to be a stunt consultant for a motion picture about a genetically synthesized prehistoric creature that escapes from captivity and terrorizes the city. The scene you are asked to review has the three main characters of the movie being chased by the creature through an old warehouse. At the exit of the warehouse is a thick steel fire door 10 feet high and 6.0 feet wide weighing about 2000 pounds. In...
Because of your physics background, you have been asked to be a stunt consultant for a motion picture about a genetically synthesized prehistoric creature that escapes from captivity and terrorizes the city. The scene you are asked to review has the three main characters of the movie being chased by the creature through an old warehouse. At the exit of the warehouse is a thick steel fire door 10 feet high and L = 7.0 feet wide weighing about W...
Because of your physics background, you have been hired by an amusement park as the technical consultant for a new ride that is being developed. Patrons get into a roller coaster car that accelerates down a steep incline. On the way down, they go through an artificial “thunderstorm” that involves sprinklers. Your boss wants customers to be subjected to the “rain” for only a short amount of time (0.3 seconds). In addition, the water spraying apparatus has already been built...