Overview
From gathered notes a trebuchet is a compound machine that consists of a lever activated by some kind of weight mechanism on one side. That's great and all, but... wth is a trebuchet exactly?
Description
Okay so a trebuchet on paper is really simple, but just because I would theoretically know how to describe one doesn't mean I know how to build one from the ground up using simulation software, so I ask again, what the hell is a trebuchet?? We need to figure out the basic physics behind one, make some calculations and predictions, and actually have some interpretation of how it works.
Possible solution
Presumably, starting an intermediate-level book on engineering mechanics probably isn't gonna help me get this done in a reasonable time. If we treat this like a hackathon instead, then the better goal would be to find someone who has already done this and documented it and basically rip it verbatim.
I found a different GitHub regarding trebuchets here. Might be a good place to start looking.
Acceptance Criteria
Documentation in some kind of markdown form or jupyter notebook that describes the actual mechanics of how this thing works. Ideally some number and graphs would make it easier to get a beat-down on why it work's the way it does.
Overview
From gathered notes a trebuchet is a compound machine that consists of a lever activated by some kind of weight mechanism on one side. That's great and all, but... wth is a trebuchet exactly?
Description
Okay so a trebuchet on paper is really simple, but just because I would theoretically know how to describe one doesn't mean I know how to build one from the ground up using simulation software, so I ask again, what the hell is a trebuchet?? We need to figure out the basic physics behind one, make some calculations and predictions, and actually have some interpretation of how it works.
Possible solution
Presumably, starting an intermediate-level book on engineering mechanics probably isn't gonna help me get this done in a reasonable time. If we treat this like a hackathon instead, then the better goal would be to find someone who has already done this and documented it and basically rip it verbatim.
I found a different GitHub regarding trebuchets here. Might be a good place to start looking.
Acceptance Criteria
Documentation in some kind of markdown form or jupyter notebook that describes the actual mechanics of how this thing works. Ideally some number and graphs would make it easier to get a beat-down on why it work's the way it does.