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Middle School - Grades 7-9
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P=Project E=Experiment
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Factors That Affect a Hovercraft's Speed
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Titanic’s sinking physics.
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Test ordinary objects for their aerodynamic and hydrodynamic properties by measuring the amount of drag they have.
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Build a fin (bilge keel) that is best at keeping a boat from rocking.
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Build a Gyroscope-based Water Vessel Stabilizer
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Determine how changing the size of ellipsoids along one axis changes the speed at which they fall through liquids of varying viscosity and how the non-spheroid ellipsoids are inputted into Stokes' Formula for calculating viscosity.
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The effects of drain size, depth of liquid, flow rate, inclusion of a solid object and viscosity of liquid on the size and strength of a whirlpool.
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How the salinity of water influences the travel of a torpedo?
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See if the density of a liquid exerts the same resistance to flow as the liquid's viscosity.
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Investigate how the shape of a boat hull affects the drag force on the boat as it moves through the water.
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Measure how the tilt angle of cylinders floating in water depends on the aspect ratio (length/diameter) of the cylinder.
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Hovercraft Engineering: Maximizing Engine Thrust
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Compare the forces on the Main sail and Jib sail of a CFJ sail boat in different wind conditions and directions to see if the forces are consistently proportionally to the difference in the surface area of the two sails.
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See which shape (circle, triangle, or square) would travel the farthest distance when propelled through water.
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Determine what sail shape, a triangle, square, rectangle or trapezoid will produce the fastest run for a "Land Yacht."
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How does the weight and hull shape of an object affect its sinking rate through water?
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Do Blade Angles and Number of Blades on a Propeller Change the Speed of a Hovercraft?
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Explore The Hydrodynamics of Boat Hulls
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Determing if changing a sail's depth or camber would affect how well the wing went upwind.
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Aviation & Aerodynamics Science Fair Projects and Experiments
Interdisciplinary Topic: Transportation
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High School - Grades 10-12
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P=Project E=Experiment
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Improvement of the speed and safety of sailboats using canting keels
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Determine whether the biofouling of boat materials (fiberglass) could be avoided by the use of natural substances such as lime juice and olive oil when mixed with latex paint.
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The Efficiency of Fin Shapes of Members of the Scombroidei Sub-Order as Modeled by Mechanical Analogs
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The effect of solutes on drag in an aqueous solution.
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Build an ultra-simple hovercraft
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Investigate buoyancy considerations in submarine building
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Explore the effect of a ship's hull material on its drag.
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The Robins-Magnus Effect and the Effect of Traversing Different Fluid Media on the Velocity of a Rotating Solid Sphere
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Investigate the possible application of airfoil wing shapes to hydrofoil craft to reduce drag when in the water.
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Aviation & Aerodynamics Science Fair Projects and Experiments
Interdisciplinary Topic: Transportation
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Useful Links
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R=Resource
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Science Fair Projects Resources
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Engineering Resources
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Aviation Resources
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Citation Guides, Style Manuals, Reference
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Safety Resources
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Engineering Science Fair Books
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