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The Physics of the Mangonel CatapultCatapults have been apply for centuries by legion(predicate) groups of people, including the ancient Greeks, Romans, and Chinese. Catapults have had an assortment of plans, but the most commonly purpose was to launch a projectile to destroy castles and soldiers. There were three master(prenominal) types of slingbacks Ballista, Mangonel, and the Trebuchet. The catapult was the most popular one. Different levels of torsion in the leash of the bricole catapult decided how far a projectile was acquittance to travel. Also the dissimilar objects that were utilised as projectiles and there masses also had a big role in the distance they would reach. If physics werent applied to building a catapult the catapult itself wouldnt dish out correctly, therefore physics is what brings these machines to life. Though catapults are no longer used today in combat or any other use they still have a great history behind them.The onager catapult was the m ost well known one. The way this catapult functioned was by pulling back on a wooden place that was machine-accessible to a wooden offset with a bucket, would pull that arm back. puff back on the wooden stick would cause the potential cogency of the catapult to be stored in the torsion of the ropes of the wooden arm. When the wooden stick was let go the arm wood immediately return to its headmaster position of 90 degrees where a wooden block would stop its sham and would then launch the projectile. When the arm reaches back to its original position it forms an stem with a radius equal to the arm length. Therefore the potential strength is transferred into rotational kinetic energy. Decreasing the torsion in the ropes of the wooden arm would make the projectile travel at a slower velocity. To gauge the t... ...ed. Another disadvantage is that the mangonel was not that accurate. The range was determined by the mass of the object and the strength of the catapult itself. Ca tapults were the weapon of the medieval times. The catapults had umteen purposes especially during war. Physics were applied to the building of a catapult without it the catapult wouldnt function. The different levels of torsion would affect the catapults ability to launch a projectile higher into the sky, further, and give it a faster velocity. Also the different masses of objects used as the projectile were also accounted for those things. Though the mangonel catapult was a great catapult it also lacked some abilities, such as having poor accuracy and it wouldnt work in tight conditions or cold weather like in the rain. Overall the mangonel is a great catapult and always has been over the past centuries.