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MECE 415 Busting Myths with Analysis
Which way does the sink drain swirl? Mec E 415 explore this and other popular myths using theory and calculation. If you have a myth you’d like explored in this course, contact the course instructors, Professors
Jason Carey and
Warren Finlay.
Winter 2011 Course Syllabus
Winter 2012 Course Syllabus
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Introduction to course (outline, marks,…)
Short myths: Race car driven up-side-down, plane on conveyor belt
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Run or walk in the rain/ Run or walk in the cold
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Airborne myths
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Penny dropped from building
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Water bottle jetpack |
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Border slingshot |
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Using a bomb blast to land safely from freefall without a parachute |
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Birds on a truck |
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Swing set straight 360
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Gun Myths
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Poncelet’s approximation for bullet penetration
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Under water bullet shelter
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Bullet and guns in oven are deadly?
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Blown away (cowboy myth)
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Bullet shot vertically is deadly?
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Bullet-deflecting magnetic watch
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Ice bullet
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Car myths
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Cable pulls off car axle
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Drive shaft pole vault
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Skidding straight or turn to avoid a wall collision
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Pressure vessel myths
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Compressed air cylinder can power a boat
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Compressed air cylinder can break through a cinder block wall
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Exploding/rocket water heater
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Pop can explodes if left in car (hot and cold)
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Other myths
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Bathtub vortex always rotates counter clockwise
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Brachristochrone
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Freezing hot or room temperature water, which is faster?
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Break step bridge
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If time permits the following additional myths may be examined
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Cooling beer quickly
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Twin tower myths
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