Watermelon Vs Rubber Bands

If you only put a hundred or so rubber bands on a watermelon it isn t going to make it explode but over time it may cause it to split because the force on the rind has changed and continues to do so as the rubber bands want to go back to their original shape.

Watermelon vs rubber bands. If you only put 100 rubber bands on it won t make the rubberband cut in half but it may make it eventually create a seam in the fruit to release the tension. We are both extremely curious about why a watermelon explodes when you wrap rubber bands around it. 5 watermelon gadgets put to the test duration. The more watermelon rubber bands you put on the more potential energy the watermelon gains in the displacement of its shape and content.

Today s experiment pits watermelon again rubber bands. The guys in the video below put that question to the test and the watermelon stood up to a surprising number of rubber bands before giving way in. Using a few hundred rubber bands we blew up a watermelon. Thankfully they brought 500 elastic bands.

The rubber bands stretched around a watermelon not only increase the potential energy of the rubber band but also of the watermelon. 100 science experiments you can do at home compilation duration. We figured if we had to do a project we should make something explode. Specifically how many rubber bands can be wrapped around a watermelon before it succumbs to the pressure and collapses in upon itself.

Shot at 1600fps with a phantom flex follow gav on twitter htt. Gav and dan forgot to bring a knife to the picnic. The slow mo guys 17 169 252 views. Rubber bands project because it seemed fun.