Physics of The Saxophone

Abstract: As an avid saxophonist myself, I have never really thought about how and why a saxophone worked as it does. The saxophone can produce a great sound that can mesmerizes anyone that listens. I wanted to learn more about it and really understand the science behind the great instrument.
The most important part of creating a great sound is the mouthpiece.
When the musician blows air into the mouthpiece, it causes the reed to oscillate between the mouthpiece being open and closed.
This oscillation of the reed creates sound waves when it vibrates.
The note created is based on the amount of holed closed by the musician, when more holes are closed it lengthens the sound wave and created a lower tone


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The Physics in Skydiving

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Skydiving is one of the most exciting activities humans do, this activity consists of people jumping from higher altitudes down to the ground by using a parachute to slow down their speed. A skydiver can go about 200 km/h depending on different factors like weight and also air density. A skydiver can reach full speed in between 40 seconds to 60 seconds. The physics behind skydiving involves the interaction between gravity and air resistance. When a skydiver jumps out of a plane he starts accelerating downwards, until he reaches terminal speed. This is the speed at which the drag from air resistance exactly balances the force of gravity pulling him down.

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Physics of Snowboarding

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Snowboarding is a sport that may seem pretty self-explanatory, yet involves many parts of physics. Whether it is the extreme snowboarder or just the beginner, each one is doing an action that involves things like friction, energy, and inertia, which are essential to riding well. An understanding of the physics aspects of snowboarding can be useful to all riders of any level of skill. It allows them to identify the key physics principles helping them properly execute specific moves, being useful from a performance point of view. 

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Physics in Baseball

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This paper discusses the different physics concepts in the game of baseball.  In all areas of the game there is something to do with physics. This paper will cover the different types of pitches, what forces affect them, and how they are exactly affected. When playing or watching you wouldn’t even realize that these basic physics concepts take place. The different forces that I will discuss are Velocity, Momentum, Drag, and the Magnus Effect. It is amazing that baseball can be broken down into being all basic parts of physics.

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Physics in Basketball

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This paper discusses the different physics concepts in the game of basketball.  In all areas of the game there is something to do with physics.  Some of of the basketball terms this paper will discuss shooting, dribbling, rebounding, boxing out, jump ball and diving.  The physics terms that will be discussed are force, gravity, friction, action and reaction forces and projectile motion.  Without these things basketball wouldn’t be the game of basketball.  When playing or watching you wouldn’t even realize that these basic physics concepts take place.

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Physics of Ping Pong

Jake Dobrucky

Ap Physics 1

Physics of Ping Pong

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Ping pong or table tennis is a sport which two or more players hit a ball back and forth on a table. The player use a laminated wooden racket covered with rubber to hit a 2.7 gram celluloid plastic ball. Covering everything from Newton's Laws, Gravity and most importantly the Magnus Effect to get some nasty spin on that ball. 

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Physics of Ski Jumping

Abstract: It is a bird, no its a plane, no it is a ski jumper. Flying through the sky like a bird the jumper gloriously glides in the air at very high speeds in order to go as far as possible. In reality, ski jumping involves a lot of science. Many physics concepts can be seen during Ski Jumping. In the long ski jump concepts such as gravity, friction, projectile motion, KE/PE and air resistance are present. Also, physics of a plane wing are involved in modern ski jumping. To understand the process of ski jumping first the jumper converts his potential energy into kinetic energy by going down the ramp, then flying off in the air and falling in a projectile motion but while in the air creating a v shape to capture air resistance like a plane wing in order to fly longer. And finally, if everything went as planned landing safely on the ground.

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