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Hi. Im in 11th grade and have been thinking and researching for my extended essay. I'm interested in aerospace engineering and highly curious about the work of Nasa. I've been very curious about wind tunnels utillization in Nasa. Hence I have decided to surround my research topic with my curiosity, but I am having a hard time in formulating a decent yet sophisticated and innovative research question.

So far my ideas have been inspired by the work of Nasa.

1) how does different wind speed impact the lift of the airplane?

2) how does different parachute designs respond to constant wind speed?

Please give feedback and any suggestions to my extended essay. Ishall be grateful!

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Yes i am planning on conducting an experiment. I am planning to build a wind tunnel. For the wind speed, I'll use anemometer.

For different parachutes, perhaps the mass or design will be my variables. If I choose to determine the lift of the airplane wing, couldnt I use lift coefficient formula? Would logger pro be any useful?

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The IB states:

"The domains of aerodynamics and hydrodynamics are theoretically and experimentally very demanding; for

example, the construction of wind tunnels can be problematic and time-consuming. A topic within these domains
must be chosen and defined very carefully."
If you think you can do it, go for it, but be aware that a simpler experiment may be more appropriate for scoring well.
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Oh yes, this suggestion sounds more achievable. Through this I could bring in the information on Thermal Physics and perhaps mechanics too! And since EE has to be something that is beyond the syllabus, I could connect it to Aerodynamics. Thanks Negotiation, you are weaving in ideas that I hadnt thought about. :)

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