For physics i have to drop an egg about 8 meters and it cannot brake. Any ideas? no glue though?

Question

i can use anything but glue

Answer 1

What will break the egg is to have a force on the egg greater than the shell can withstand. The shell is very strong if the force is well distributed, and very weak if the force is all at one point - or on a small area.

You can pierce the egg with a very small force with a needle, yet you can put it between your palms and push with great force without breaking it.

If your "padding" is too soft, it will work well until the padding has
compressed, and then the egg will experience a large g-force and break. If your padding is too hard, then the egg will break while the padding is being compressed. What you want is padding that will compress at a rate that gives the egg the longest time to stop.

Experimentation is best. My guess is that a firm foam around the egg - with a softer foam outside of that - and still softer further outside - will give you the best result. Make sure the inner foam that is in contact with the egg is shaped well like the egg - not putting extra force on any one part of the egg.
If you can get the egg to fall vertically rather than sideways, it is much stronger - you know - hitting on its end rather than its side.
Take advantage of the largest size allowed in the contest. The larger your package, the further the egg travels during its stop.”

Answer 2

To break an egg shell, stress must be applied by the contents to the shell such that the shell is stressed beyond endurance. If the shell is supported so that it will not stress, it will not break.

You have to drop the egg over 26 feet. The stress will be almost 2 G.

Even a hard boiled egg, unsupported, will burst. The deceleration must be completed without stress to the shell.

If this was a vehicle, how would it be landed safely?

1. Slow it down so it never reaches a dangerous speed:
The Para-loon: The egg needs to be safely packed a lightweight container made from several tight fitting layers of foam style egg cartons. This is attached to a balloon-parachute (para-loon)
The para-loon is simply a balloon that is large enough to slow the acceleration of the egg via air drag. It does not need to be filled with a lighter than air gas. This would be cool.

2. Protect the egg from deformation, no matter the speed:
The BORG Pastille. Prepare a cardboard plaster of Paris mold, 8x8x8. Fill it 1/2 way up with a mixture of marshmallow-minis and plaster of Paris (MMPP). Put a layer of Saran Wrap over this. In the center, gently push the egg 1/2 way in to the Saran Wrap mini-mellow plaster of Paris mix. 1/2 way to each corner push a golf ball 1/2 way into the MMPP/SW. These golf balls are to prevent sheering forces from cutting the egg in two at the boundary between the two halves if it hits at an angle.

Cover with another layer of Saran Wrap that goes completely up and out of the cardboard box. You will use this to lift off the top layer of MMPP and reveal the unbroken egg. Fill the mold the rest of the way with mini-mellow-plaster of Paris to create a cube that can be separated at the two layers of Saran Wrap.

The mini-marshmallows might not be necessary. Cigarettes or gummy bears would probably work as well. They are there to provide a cushioning effect and to stop the plaster of Paris from shattering upon impact.

;-D Paint the Borg Cube black with the legend: 'Is Resistance Futile?"

Have fun! Try both methods! Finesse vs Brute Force! Let the battle begin!

Answer 3

This worked for me:

Get a shipping box, small, maybe like 6" by 6". Make two holes in the box - one on the middle of two faces that are across from each other. Tie the egg in the middle of a handkerchief. With the cloth on the sides of the handkerchief, tie the cloth on both sides of the box, so that the egg is suspended in the air. The egg will never hit anything and the cloth will absorb the vibration. To make sure, surround the eg with bubble rap - it works better than foam because it is in layers and will not vibrate.

Answer 4

Use a de-acceleration method.
Soft packing works but it is not reliable.
If the egg moves while being slowed there is a higher probability it will not crack.
Did it before.
I could tell you the method I used but that would be too easy for you.
Hint- Bungee cords.

Answer 5

Impulse = Force x Time
if you use something to increase the amount of time the egg takes to hit an oject, the force will be smaller so drop it onto a cushion or something.

Answer 6

drop a faberge egg,
drop a hard boiled egg,
drop a solid gold egg,
drop an egg with a parachute attached to it.

Answer 7

Tie it to a parachute or gas filled balloon or place foam below it or bucket of water

Answer 8

Put it in a special box surrounded by foam after you've hard boiled it.

Answer 9

You'd better pad it well so the egg doesn't break, since it doesn't have brakes, lol!

Answer 10

Drop into into a bucket of water?