Jennifer Alabado (February 2000)
Philippine Science High School Western Visayas Campus – Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PSHS WVC), Brgy. Bito-on, Jaro, Iloilo City 5000, Philippines
ABSTRACT
The study was conducted to determine if by redefining the structure of conventional packaging containers using geodesic geometry, the ability of the packaging container to protect the egg can be improved. The study was conducted in the Philippine Science High school Research Laboratories.
The study consisted of a test that will compare the ability of conventional packaging containers and the geodesic structures to protect the egg at impact. The statistical tools used in this study are the mean and Mann- Whitney Test as descriptive statistical tools, and the 2-tailed Asymptotic Significance as inferential statistical tools. All the sufficient statistical tools will be set at 0.05 alpha level of significance.
The results of the study show that it is possible to design and create geodesic structures that can protect fragile objects such as chicken eggs from impact upon hitting the ground when dropped from different heights. It is also showed that there is no significant difference in protective potential between conventional box and geodesic designed structures (GDS) when dropped from 1 meter. However, the study also showed that there is a significant difference in the protective potential between conventional box and GDS when dropped from 2 meters.