A physical model for the popsicle stick cobra

Popsicle stick bombs are easy-to-build wooden constructions that probably reminisce a few funny moments of our childhood. In this work we look deeper in the travelling wave and we examine which parameters affect the height of the wave and how. We investigate the physics of bent materials and derive...

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Main Authors: Papastathopoulos-Katsaros Athanasios, Sardelis Savvas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2017-01-01
Series:Emergent Scientist
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Online Access:https://emergent-scientist.edp-open.org/articles/emsci/full_html/2017/01/emsci170003/emsci170003.html