I was lying in my bed today dreading the midnight deadline of the physics blog. Filled with despair, I fell asleep. I woke up 10 minutes ago and quickly did this. In my haste, I slipped on the rug in my room and fell backwards. After being unconscious for another 5 minutes, I opened my eyes in a daze and saw my ceiling fan. In a trance of physical science enlightenment, I could see the physics in the operation of the ceiling fan. When I turn the fan on, its acceleration increases at a constant rate, while its velocity increases from 0 m/s at a steady rate until it reaches a really fast pace that cools me. (I could not measure the actual speed without risking further injury.) However, once the fan reaches its maximum speed, its acceleration drops to 0 m/s/s, while its velocity remains constant. I let the maximum velocity fan cool me as I iced my head.
hope you feel better! :D
ReplyDeleteand the moral of the story is... DON'T WAIT TIL THE MIDNIGHT DEADLINE?? :)
ReplyDeleteBrilliant blog. You have an excellent personal experience which is humorous, but at the same time teaches us about how physics applies to the mechanics of a ceiling fan. From the beginning to the end, I was engaged in the story and could not stop reading.
ReplyDeleteIf this was a book I would buy eight copies of it. Great job!
I didn't even turn my blog in until monday so all of your hardship was for nothing. Austin didn't you say smiley's was brilliant?
ReplyDeleteBummer about the head. Personally I've never felt that writing a physics post is that dramatic, but to each his own. Good physics concept application, I hadn't thought of the fan as accelerating, but it definitely is!
ReplyDeleteThat's a nice fan, I haven't seen it in your house though. You'll have to show it to me next time.
ReplyDeleteI think you've been playing too much Starcraft 2, that's why you waited till the last minute. And you should've measured the actual speed. Nice blog though.
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