The physics that make the double bounce on a trampoline so effective and at launching kids so high in the air.

Question

The physics that make the double bounce on a trampoline so effective and at launching kids so high in the air.

In: Physics

Answer 1

When you land on a trampoline, the weight of your body landing loads the webbing and springs with potential energy.

More people landing on the webbing at the same time creates more potential energy on the trampoline.

Once those other people jump, all that potential is passed to the person in the middle, where most of that energy is focused and boom goes the dynamite.