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Dr. James Bales

Departments

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

As Taught In

Fall 2005

Level

Undergraduate

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Fall 2005 Photos

The photos in this section are courtesy of the following people, and used with permission: Jim Bales, Heather Coffin, Amy Eastment, Arlis Reynolds, and Nima Veiseh.

Metal Deformation Lab

Setup

The complete setup: hammers, anvil, forge, and HSV camera. Nima and Heather setting up the HSV camera. Nima checks the computer settings for the HSV camera; Amy heats the metal. Blacksmith Amy heats metal in the forge. The anvil with cut-off hardy. Amy strikes the heated metal over the cut-off hardy. Striking the heated metal causes deformation.

High Speed Video Stills

Still shot from B/W high speed video, deformation sequence #1. Still shot from B/W high speed video, deformation sequence #2. Still shot from B/W high speed video, deformation sequence #3. Still shot from B/W high speed video, deformation sequence #4. Still shot from B/W high speed video, deformation sequence #5. Still shot from B/W high speed video, deformation sequence #6. See the groove! Deformation sequence, on the anvil - #1. Deformation sequence, on the anvil - #2. Deformation sequence, on the anvil - #3.

Bullet Lab

Setup

Setup for the bullet lab, with rifle in foreground. Setup with frozen rose; camera and strobe on left. Rewinding the film.

Strobe Photos

Test shot of card and bullet on eraser. 8 of spades just after bullet enters card. 8 of diamonds with bullet halfway through the card. 8 of clubs just after bullet splits the card in two. Test shot of frozen rose. Frozen rose 1 - exit spray (original image). Frozen rose 1 - exit spray (Photoshop-enhanced). Frozen rose 2 - showing bullet (original image). Frozen rose 2 - showing bullet (Photoshop-enhanced). Frozen rose 3 - just as bullet exits (Photoshop-enhanced). Frozen rose 3 - just as bullet exits (Photoshop-enhanced). Frozen rose 4 - just as bullet exits (original image). Frozen rose 4 - just as bullet exits (Photoshop-enhanced). Frozen rose 5 - exit spray (original image). Frozen rose 5 - exit spray (Photoshop-enhanced).

Milkdrops

Still frame #1 taken from high speed video of milkdrop sequence. Still frame #2 taken from high speed video of milkdrop sequence. Still frame #3 taken from high speed video of milkdrop sequence. Still frame #4 taken from high speed video of milkdrop sequence. Still frame #5 taken from high speed video of milkdrop sequence. Still frame #6 taken from high speed video of milkdrop sequence. Still frame #7 taken from high speed video of milkdrop sequence.

Tools

Disk used during stroboscopy lab to determine rotation speed. Camera lens focused at infinity. Camera lens at standard extension. Camera lens in macro mode (full extension).

Images from Previous Terms

The following images are from the Spring 2005 term.

Photos courtesy of Tara Andrews, Sarah Boucher, Lauren Bradford, Ruben Brown, Amy Chu, Ana Claudio, Eric Cohen, Francisco Delatorre, Parul Deora, Patrick Greeley, Ruxi Guan, Matthew Hausmann, Heather Hooper, Farid Jahanmir, Janice Kim, Pinar Kip, Nicole Klemenko, Jennifer Lee, Andrew McPherson, Napoleon Nelson, Gabriel Reinstein, Rina Samsudin, Obrad Scepanovic, Charles Sharp, Monique Sin, Vis Taraz, Erick Tseng, Nadia Vinson, Jonathan Wong, Bo Xie, Mingtang-Alex Zhang, and other MIT students.

Videos courtesy of Eric Cohen.

All photos and videos used with permission.

Videos may be found at the bottom of the image gallery.

A bullet passing through a liquid nitrogen dipped rose. A bullet passing through an apple and a pear. A bullet passing through a peeled orange. A bullet passing through an unpeeled orange. A bullet passing through two oranges. A bullet passing through an orange. A bullet passing through a grape. A bullet passing through a lifesaver. A bullet passing through a lifesaver. Poker chips falling on a tympani. Ball stretching soap bubble. A bullet passing through a cookie. A bullet passing through an ice cream cone. A bullet passing through rubber bands. A bullet passing through playing card. A bullet passing through playing card. A bullet passing through playing card.

Videos

Video of a bullet passing through a cucumber.

Video of a bullet passing through a banana.

Video of a pencil shot into a board.

Video of a pencil shot into a board.

Course Info

Instructor

Dr. James Bales

Departments

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

As Taught In

Fall 2005

Level

Undergraduate

Topics

Learning Resource Types

Image Gallery

Demonstration Videos

Exams with Solutions

Projects with Examples

Download Course

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