Power Definition and 998 Threads

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    B Magnetic field and generator power output

    Hi, I am confused about whether decreasing the magnetic field used for a generator could increase the generator's power output. I used four equations: 1. Torque = Force x radius 2. Torque = NIAB (N = number of turns, I = current, A = area of armature, B = magnetic field). 3. emf =...
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    Should the power supply float or be grounded?

    I have read pros and cons for both, but would like to hear what people have to say. I can build a simple power supply for a project that supplies 15v that is isolated from earth ground by using the output from a step-down transformer. I can also put one together that shares earth ground. Which...
  3. D

    B Could solar sails be used as turbines for power generation?

    It seems as though two advantages to using a solar sail turbine system instead of solar panels would be (1) the sails may not degrade as quickly as the solar panels, and (2) a sail turbine system may be lighter than a solar panel (and therefore less expensive to launch into orbit). The drawback...
  4. R

    MCNP terminology question -- Effective Full Power Days (EFPDs)

    for MCNP users, i would like to ask about terminologies: if i depleted a fuel assembly under constant power, is the number of days in the out can be used as Effective Full Power Days (EFPDs), or this term has another specific meaning?
  5. K

    Converting oscilloscope voltage to laser power

    Hello! I have this photodiode which I connect to an oscilloscope using a normal BNC cable to an oscilloscope, terminated with a 50 Ohm resistor. I measure the output from an optical cavity (which is basically laser light), which in my case looks like a flat signal close to zero, and regular...
  6. Ahmedbadr132

    Power Efficiency of Linear Piezo Electric Motors

    Hi I want to know the power efficiency of linear piezo electric motors in percentile.
  7. DagmaarUlereich

    Outlet adapter to mimic a car battery to power 12V devices

    Sorry if this is a very simple question but i have been googling and looking around for a straight anwser but can seem to find a solid answere or draw a solid conclusion from information I've reached. So I have a rgb led light for a car, the box says input 12vDC. if I wanted to set these up...
  8. D

    If we have a non combustible power source

    If i create a non combustible self-sustaining energy source that generates zero radiation, what kind of propulsion system could be designed? Is someone out there with that type of propulsion system already?
  9. Argonaut

    Maximizing Range/Time in Air of an Airplane: Solving with Calculus

    Is my solution correct? (I only have answers to odd-numbered exercises.) Is it a good solution or have I overcomplicated things? (a) The forward force provided by the engine balances the air resistance force, so ##F_{engine}=F_{air} = \alpha v^2 + \beta /v{^2}##. Let ##W_{engine}## be the...
  10. J

    A Margules' Power Series Formula: Deriving Coefficients

    Margules suggested a power series formula for expressing the activity composition variation of a binary system. lnγ1=α1x2+(1/2)α2x2^2+(1/3)α3x2^3+... lnγ2=β1x1+(1/2)β2x1^2+(1/3)β3x1^3+... Applying the Gibbs-Duhem equation with ignoring coefficients αi's and βi's higher than i=3, we can obtain...
  11. Ahmedbadr132

    Power consumption of astable multivibrator

    Hi I was wondering about the astable multivibrator . Does the circuit consume power while the diode if off ? If yes how much ? Please explain in detail. Thanks
  12. G

    Power factor of a retrofitted LED unit in a fluorescent fitting

    A poster on another forum has fitted a large number of 230V 50Hz 24W nominal LED tubes, apparently designed to be plugged straight into the old fluorescent fittings. He has found, by clamp meter measurement, that the new LED lights appear to be consuming 80W, not the claimed 24W. A number of...
  13. .Scott

    B Canadian Antineutrino Detector detects Nuclear Power Plants from 240km

    The SNO+ Experiment in Canada is still in development, but analysis of early antineutrino detections as published in Physics Review Letters and as referenced in the SNO+ results page are believed to be from appear to be the from Ontario reactors 240Km away.
  14. bhobba

    Unlock the Power of Calculus: Algebra 1 to Boaz for Students

    Here is an interesting book a student could do after after Algebra 1, or even integrate into an Algebra 1 course: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077VV95N3/?tag=pfamazon01-20 And a website: https://www.calculussolution.com/ Several topics become easier, such as logarithms, when you know a...
  15. SherLOCKed

    I Maximizing S/N in Angular Power Spectrum Signals

    The signal-to-noise ratio for angular power spectrum signal Cl under theoretical noise Nl, where Cl and Nl are functions of multipole l, is given as (S/N)^2= \sum (2l+1) (Cl/Nl)^2To increase the S/N we bin the power spectrum signal, if bin width \Delta l, this in principle decreases Nl by a...
  16. Bike Mi Vie

    B Negative pressure in a car to power it

    My father has an idea is powering vehicle using negative pressure. I'm trying to explain to him that I don't think that can work. He is saying that imagine you're in space and you try create negative pressure by keep on removing and the only thing that's preventing the collapse of the material...
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    High power RF amplifier at fixed frequency

    Hello! I have a signal at fixed frequency of 4 MHz and amplitude of 0.075 V. I need to amplify it to ~75 V with the same frequency. I checked online a bit and I found either cheap amplifier that can't amplify this much, or very expensive ones that (almost) can (I might need to use a smaller...
  18. I

    I Radiant Intensity from Radiant Power and Intensity Distribution

    Consider the infrared led TSAL7600 which has the following properties: $$ \Phi = 35 mW $$ $$ I_e = 25 mW/sr $$ The half angle is ## 30^\circ ## and: $$ I_r(\theta) = cos^{4.818}(\theta) $$ is a good approximation for the relative radiant intensity. However, finding the actual radiant...
  19. G

    Power dissipated by a resistor on a coaxial cable

    I need help with part c. My solution: Is there an other way to do this other than dimensional analysis? P.S "dr an infinitesimal radius", it ofcourse should be dz.
  20. S

    Power and Efficiency without mass?

    Really perplexed me as the answer provided does not solve for mass ... seemingly wants to use mass as a unit of height? Or perhaps I'm off base ... really just curious if this is even correct or possible? Thanks in advance
  21. M

    Graphing Power vs Polarizer Angle using Intensity

    The data collected from the experiment is, The first column is the polarizer angle measured in degrees. The second column is recorded intensity measured in lux. The third column is the transmitted intensity measured in lux. This is equal to the recorded lux - ambient lux The fourth column is...
  22. A

    MCNP FMESH for Plotting power distribution

    Hello I'm trying to use FMESH command to get power distribution of this core geometry. I want to use xyz coordinate in a 1/12 slice of a core so I could use the output of the MCNP sim for a CFD input How should I approach this? Thank you
  23. emilmammadzada

    How can I find the stopping power for a single energy value in FLUKA?

    Hello friends. How can I find the stopping power for a single energy value in the fluka? Which card should I add to the input file for this?
  24. A

    Conservation of power in a traveling wave on a string

    The statement of the problem is: Consider a taut string that has a mass per unit length ##\mu_1## carrying transverse wave pulses of the form ##y = f(x - v_1 t)## that are incident upon a point P where the string connects to a second string with mass per unit length ##\mu_2##. Derive $$1 = r^2...
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    Power, Rpm, Torque - Horsepower increase for my small engine

    Hello all, the short story is, I am basically trying to get the same ( or a little more) “power” out of a larger lawn mower type gas engine ( vertical shaft) as one of the largest (120 ish cc) chainsaws ( ref the Stihl MS 880 or newer 881 at approx 10-12k rpm and 9 Hp) The parameters are : a...
  26. S

    Power Fluctuations in our AC Mains Power Generation Facility

    I am currently at a power plant here in Texas and the 480VAC system swings from 480 while equipment is on line and as high as 536VAC when equipment is off line. They tell me that this is prefectly normal but I have never seen swings like this at any power plant. So, is this normal???
  27. argeus

    Pumping power calculation of a vertical closed-loop system

    Hi there, I hope that somebody can help me with this.. Any response is much appreciated! Let's have a vertical closed-loop system where the fluid circulates using the pump. The temperature in both sections gradually changes (the upcomer section is heated up) so that the densities, velocities...
  28. M

    Power Rule Proof: Get Help with Line 3 to Line 4

    For this proof, I am unsure how they got from line 3 to line 4. If I simplify and collect like terms for line 3 I get ##f'(a) = 4a^{n-1}## Would some please be able to help? Many thanks!
  29. M

    Electric motor problem -- Power to accelerate a toy train

    For part (b), The solution is, However, if the acceleration was not constant during the 21 ms, then would the power required be larger? I believe the average power required would be larger because if the train started off at a lower speed and then speed up very rapidly towards the end...
  30. emilmammadzada

    How can I calculate the stopping power for aluminum in Fluka?

    How can I calculate the stopping power for aluminum in Fluka? I want to send 100 kevlik proton, I add deltaray card to target aliminuma.input file and this card is processing 10 MeV for some reason. TITLE * Set the defaults for precision simulations DEFAULTS...
  31. hilbert2

    A The eigenvalue power method for quantum problems

    The classical "power method" for solving one special eigenvalue of an operator works, in a finite-dimensional vector space, as follows: suppose an operator ##\hat{A}## can be written as an ##n\times n## matrix, and its unknown eigenvectors are (in Dirac bra-ket notation) ##\left|\psi_1...
  32. F

    Magnitude of the Line Charge Density of a Power Line

    Okay so I am a little confused as to where I made a mistake. I couldn't figure out how to program Latex into this website but I attached a file with the work I did and an explanation of my thought process along the way.
  33. M

    I Grating Resolving Power of Laser Beams with Gaussian Distribution

    All resources I’ve found for grating resolving power assume uniform distribution on the grating and produce airy disks. Resolvance is determined by the Rayleigh criterion where the peak of one wavelength is at the minima of the adjacent one. This definition doesn’t seem applicable for Gaussian...
  34. emilmammadzada

    Stopping power and projected range for FLUKA code

    How do I calculate the stopping power or projected range for aluminum in Fulka. And in which output file is this data located?How can I edit a change in the input file?
  35. A

    A Completeness of the formal power series and valued fields

    I had difficulty showing this no matter what I tried in (a) I am not getting it. Here for p(t) in K[[t]] : ## |p|=e^{-v(p)} ## where v(p) is the minimal index with a non-zero coiefficient. I said that p_i is a cauchy sequence so, for every epsilon>0 there exists a natural N such that for all...
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    B The historical war of currents in Mains Power Distribution: AC vs DC

    So, if I get it right, the basic argument goes like this: AC was preferred to DC because its voltage can be stepped up by a transformer. This limits losses while the current is transported from the production plant to the final user. The voltage is subsequently stepped down when delivered to the...
  37. R

    When is power constant in this scenario?

    Power P = F x v,where F is force and v is velocity, if power remains constant then i think force can not remain constant as it will change the velocity v, but the solution I found is, F = ma, v = at, so, P = F x v = ma x at = ma2 t, after that calculus comes to show that displacement is...
  38. J

    Fried my power supply by doing a bad thing

    I have a Multicomp 0-30V 0-5 amp power supply. I did some tests using it as a battery charger. It worked very well the first few times, then I accidently hooked it up backwards and killed it. There was light sparking when this happened. No fuses blew. It powers up normally, and I can...
  39. Evari5te

    Solving Current & Power in 4 & 3 Wire Circuits

    My thoughts were I could use mesh current analysis to derive equations for current hence power in each case in terms of ωC and R, set the equations for real power equal to each other and solve for R. While ωC are known I opted to leave them as letters thinking this might make life easier when...
  40. N

    I 3D Printed Piston | Lower mass = Power

    This is a piston I had DMLS printed from AlSi10mg - the geometry is derived from generative design using some basic inputs and a starting shape. It's really just an experiment whether a consumer grade design and print can be bolted in and work for a time. After machining, it is predicted to...
  41. electrodacus

    I Equation for power required to overcome drag

    Here is the link to the equation I consider to be correct https://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/DragPower.html Is anyone disagreeing with that and if so can you provide a link or screenshot from a proper textbook ? The v in that equation is defined as speed of the fluid relative to the body.
  42. emilmammadzada

    MCNP5 stopping power for input file

    Where can I find stopping power input file examples for mcnp5?
  43. H

    Prof. Mattuck's Lecture 20: A Divine Power of Speech & Laplace's Elegance

    Lecture 20 by Prof. Mattuck is simply great. I don’t think there can be any better communication than that, it seemed as if what was in his mind simply got teleported in to mine, and that’s why, it seems now, Aristotle gave so much importance (and almost considered it as a divine power) to the...
  44. M

    Power Tower in Space: Feasibility & Practicality

    Hello, I'm wondering about the practicality and feasibility of building large power tower structures in space. I could imagine something like follows: Take a long structural beam which is positioned in alignment to the sun rays. At the end closest to the sun a receiver is placed. Consisting...
  45. Differentiate it

    Work, Power and Energy — Lifting a coiled rope up off a surface

    The solution said that Average power= net change in energy/time, but why is that true? If you have a different way of solving it, it would be helpful too
  46. G

    Power generated by this current source

    Figure: My attempt at a solution: 1st kirchoff law: $$J=2I_0+I_0=6\, \textrm{A}$$ $$V_1+8=10\rightarrow \boxed{V_1=2}$$ $$V_1=6-V_S\rightarrow \boxed{V_S=-4\, \textrm{V}}$$ We are looking for ##P## generated in ##J## $$V_J=V_1-2\cdot J=2-2\cdot 6=-10\, \textrm{V}$$...
  47. core7916

    Designing a 28V --> 200V power converter

    I need to design a circuit which takes around 28V of input and outputs the 200v with 20A. Can any one help me.
  48. electrodacus

    I Power available to a wind powered vehicle traveling directly downwind

    I will like the equation describing the amount of wind power available to a wind powered vehicle driving directly downwind. I'm interested in the ideal case so max theoretical power available to a wind only powered vehicle driving directly downwind. I do know what the equation is but I like to...
  49. Marah Elisabeth

    Power Line Dangers: Is My RV Safe?

    There is a power line of undetermined voltage hanging just 4 feet above my RV and the stream running next to us. If during the rain, a branch from the redwood tree above us falls and causes the hot line to land on the RV and stay there, is there a way to prevent us being shocked while we try to...
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