Bungee jump @ K2 Tower
Issue by Rachel: Why does a thinner bungee cord end result in a larger drop?
Any ‘scientific ideas’ for the answer would be appreciated, thank you!
Greatest answer:
Answer by Merlin
This is about momentum and energy. Fundamentally the bungee cord’s occupation is to absorb all the likely electricity of the jumper through a period of time of time this kind of that it does not snap the neck of the jumper nor permit the jumper to hit bottom. So feel of the bungee as a bundle of stretchy fibers, each fiber absorbing X amount of electricity. The far more fibers you have the faster the electricity gets absorbed and the shorter the fall. I could give you a bunch of math equations, but that is fundamentally the response.
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Koen, Sven and Hans went for a Bungee leap at the K2 Tower. For Sven and Hans it was their 1st jump ever
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