美国数学建模竞赛特等奖论文——2003 A O A Time-Independent Model of Box Safety for Stunt Motorcyclists【数学建模】.pdfVIP

A Time-Independent Model 233 A Time-Independent Model of Box Safety for Stunt Motorcyclists Ivan Corwin Sheel Ganatra Nikita Rozenblyum Harvard University Cambridge, MA Advisor: Clifford H. Taubes Abstract We develop a knowledge of the workings of corrugated fiberboard and create an extensive time-independent model of motorcycle collision with one box, our Single-Box Model. We identify important factors in box-to-box and frictional interactions, as well as several extensions of the Single-Box Model. Taking into account such effects as cracking, buckling, and buckling under other boxes, we use the energy-dependent Dual-Impact Model to show that the “pyramid” configuration of large 90-cm cubic boxes—a configuration of boxes in which every box is resting equally upon four others—is optimal for absorption of the most energy while maintaining a reasonable deceleration. We show how variations in height and weight affect the model and calculate a bound on the number of boxes needed. General Assumptions • The temperature and weather are assumed to be “ideal conditions”—they do not affect the strength of the box. • The wind is negligible, because the combined weight of the motorcycle and the person is sufficiently large. • The ground on which the boxes are arranged is a rigid flat surface that can take any level of force. • All boxes are cubic, which makes for the greatest strength [Urbanik 1997]. c The UMAP Journal 24 (3) (2003) 233–250. Copyright 2003 by COMAP, Inc. All rights reserved. Permission to make digital or hard copies of part or all of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice. Abstracting with credit is permitted, but copyrights f