Purdue University Mechanical Engineering | Finite Element Analysis of Stick Bombs @PurdueME | Uploaded February 2020 | Updated October 2024, 9 hours ago.
Full story: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME/News/2020/finite-element-analysis-of-stick-bombs
Popsicle stick bombs are chain reactions made from interweaving popsicle sticks in a specific pattern. A staple of YouTube videos and children's science classes, they demonstrate the basics of kinetic energy. But there are complex physics behind those cascading sticks, and thanks to award-winning research from Lucas Allegrette, a mechanical engineering student at Purdue, we know a lot more about them.
Prof. Thomas Siegmund's lab: https://engineering.purdue.edu/MYMECH
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1662177, Mechanics of Topologically Interlocked Stereotomic Material Systems. This also builds upon research from Purdue undergraduate students Akanimoh Udombeh and Mukul Sawant.
Full story: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME/News/2020/finite-element-analysis-of-stick-bombs
Popsicle stick bombs are chain reactions made from interweaving popsicle sticks in a specific pattern. A staple of YouTube videos and children's science classes, they demonstrate the basics of kinetic energy. But there are complex physics behind those cascading sticks, and thanks to award-winning research from Lucas Allegrette, a mechanical engineering student at Purdue, we know a lot more about them.
Prof. Thomas Siegmund's lab: https://engineering.purdue.edu/MYMECH
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1662177, Mechanics of Topologically Interlocked Stereotomic Material Systems. This also builds upon research from Purdue undergraduate students Akanimoh Udombeh and Mukul Sawant.
