find force from water when plate is open (and how it changes as plate closes/how force is related to open-ness of plate --> could potentially figure out if a spring is only partially closing)
get pressure sensor data, find if it nears hydrostatic or not, try to figure out what is actually happening
-use pressure sensor data to better define force at which we want plate to open (is it hydrostatic or something else?)
|Fopen-Fclose|/deltax=k
Fopen= force at which plate opens, have been thinking it is hydrostatic
Fclose= force at which plate closes
deltax= distance plate moves
k= what we believe to be most efficient k
look into target velocity/cutoff velocity
run efficiency tests changing the velocity at which the plate closes to find most efficient cutoff
would need new springs but could use bulk from mcmaster
Find force from water for multiple different final velocities (.5Vf, .6Vf,..., .9Vf, Vf)
Find k and compressions for given cutoff
Run efficiency tests with calculated ks and corresponding compressions
Get more precise by repeating experiment for range within highest 2 efficiencies
find force from water when plate is open (and how it changes as plate closes/how force is related to open-ness of plate --> could potentially figure out if a spring is only partially closing)
get pressure sensor data, find if it nears hydrostatic or not, try to figure out what is actually happening
-use pressure sensor data to better define force at which we want plate to open (is it hydrostatic or something else?)