Turning Definition and 317 Threads

Hi all - In the Near Eastern Late Bronze Age the Egyptians employed a two-man chariot with the axle placed at the rear of the vehicle; whereas the Hittites employed a three-man chariot with the axle placed in the center of the vehicle. As a result, the weight of the two-man crew in the Egyptian...

Hello. Lets say I am riding a unicycle rolling along the wheels direction with some velocity v0. I know that for the unicycle to turn a curve the centripedal force must be provided by the static friction with the rode that acts against any slipping of the wheel. I am however having trouble...

Hi All, I am doing analysis that has turned Categorical/Nominal data into Likert by conducting surveys asking for the perception of the level of "intensity" of a category. Example: In a category of management support, the category CIO shows up for meetings is turned into an interval...

Someone asked if it was possible to conduct electricity through a wire with a plasma. I ran across a article about a inventor who wanted to turn a antenna on and off very quickly. He said it was possible to do this by using a florescent light bulb as a element in the antenna. When a...

I am an apple grower and want to build trailers to haul apples (in bins) through my orchard. I want to couple 5 - 10 foot X 40 inch wide trailers (in tandem) and tow them through the orchard. The rear axel on each trailer is fixed and the trailer connects to the trailer in front of it (on a...

Homework Statement The question is simple: how much moles of ribose-5-P can you make from glutamate? The Attempt at a Solution I first turned glutamate into alpha ketoglutarate. I then put it in the Krebs cycle turning it into oxaloacetate. I then used the anaplerotic reactions to turn it...

I want to know how much electrical power I could potentially generate by putting a generator at the pivot point of a rotating arm. I figured I can calculate the Kinetic Energy of the arm by: E=(Iw**2)/2 where I is moment of Inertia and w is angular velocity. I = (mL**2)/3 for a uniform rod in...

Homework Statement Use the following information to construct any necessary graphs to help you complete the next four questions. Martha leaves her house and drives with a constant velocity due east at 15 m/s for 85 seconds. She realizes she forgot something at home and stops the car in 6.5...

Hi, Someone tried to scam me a while back and they were stupid-enough to leave a message in my Android answering machine. Question: Is there a way of turning a phone message into a .wav, .mp3 or other type of sound file? I guess it depends on whether the message is stored in my end or in the...

Hi. I'm reading a solution to a problem concerning a gas of photons. In the solution, the energy of the gas is given as E=2\sum_{\vec{k}} \frac{\displaystyle \epsilon_{\vec{k}}}{\displaystyle \exp[\beta\epsilon_{\vec{k}}]+1} where \epsilon_{\vec{k}} is one photon's energy. It is said then...

Substitute teacher, Baraba Rose, convinced a class of kindergarden kids that she would turn into a bird before the school day ends. What is the probability that this event will take place? Solution: Let P = probability P(turning into bird) = 0 The answer is 0 because human beings cannot turn...

So I've been trying to wrap my head around this one for several hours now and it just has me stumped. I'm begging, someone, anyone, walk me through it before I swear off numbers for life hahah (Part b) Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet Thanks in advance for any help anyone can...

Does anyone know what will happen if the two front wheels of a car turn away from each other (left goes left and right goes right) while the car is moving or if they turn inwards towards each other? Other than the stress on the steering rod, will this cause braking and if yes, how effective can...

Homework Statement To what radius do you need to compress Mars in order to turn it into a black hole? Homework Equations None given, but I am mildly familiar with Schwarzschild and his equation. I know that if we double the object's mass, multiply by the universal gravitational constant, and...

Homework Statement A problem of practical interest is to make a beam of electrons turn a 90∘ corner. This can be done with the parallel-plate capacitor shown in the figure (Figure 1) . An electron with kinetic energy 2.0×10−17 J enters through a small hole in the bottom plate of the capacitor...

It's a huge problem for me, and only after turning it in, do I realize that I made a few mistakes; then I constantly worry about how that will affect my test score. Has anyone ever experienced this before? How would I cope with it? I don't think I would be able to deal with the stress of...

Homework Statement \frac{z-1}{z+1}=i I found the cartesian form, z = i, but how do I turn it into polar form?The Attempt at a Solution |z|=\sqrt{0^2+1^2}=1 \theta=arctan\frac{b}{a}=arctan\frac{1}{0} Is the solution then that is not possible to convert it to polar form?

Hi, I need a liquid pump that can deliver BOTH smooth flow and pulsed flow, I've looked at: Normal liquid pumps Metering pumps peristaltic pumps Liquid respiration pumps Centrifugal blood pumps The latter two provide pulsed flow, but I'm struggling to find a pump that can deliver both...

Homework Statement Homework Equations work-kinetic energy theorem The Attempt at a Solution

Homework Statement Homework Equations Torque and Newton's 2nd Law Equations The Attempt at a Solution Apart from drawing a free-body diagram, I couldn't do much else. I can't seem to find the source of torque causing the car to rotate clockwise about its pivot (i defined it as the right...

Homework Statement I am given the following figure: These are converging rays that appear to be going to a point F convert to a plane wave upon hitting the boundary between n2 and n1, and I am asked to find the equation for the boundary between n1 and n2 that perfectly accomplishes this...

Hi there, Suppose we had a car going in a circle. We know that the turning angle(angle between the movement direction and the wheel axis) and the friction are connected, because friction determines the centripetal force and it determines the radius of the circle that we make with our car. I need...

Hello everyone, My name is Ramon and I just had an idea. Do you think it will be possible in our time to turn elements into other elements? For example rearranging the atoms that make hydrogen or H2O into gold. The reason I was thinking of this is because if we can create a resource we can...

I am no chemist but i found this article interesting, is it viable and suited to mass production https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160825113217.htm Date: August 25, 2016 Source: University of Toronto Summary: Every year, humans advance climate change and global warming by injecting...

whats the turning point of (1-lnx)², x>2 is it a minimum or maximum. can someone help me

I am trying to understand what forces keep a free vortex, (i.e. a vortex ring). Its rotating particles must have a force to avoid them going out (like gravity on planets). I have read about vortices and vorticity, but get lost in equations. Is it possible to explain the force that keep the...

Hi was trying to figure out what would happen if you reversed the wing of a standard prop plane? for example...the thinner wedge is towards the front. Would you still get lift? I suppose not since there is a reason the rounded/thicker edge is facing towards the front. but why not?

Hi again. I hope this is the right section to ask this question. Not home work (I'm retired) but yet another mind game I'm playing (and still getting nowhere). I have trying to work out the formula for how a ski will perform a carved turn. I have looked at many (many Many) websites and they...

Hello everyone, I am not an engineer, so I apologize if this is a relatively simple question. What's the best way to turn rotational motion into linear motion under the following circumstances? 1. Rotational motion is driven by a vertical bolt. 2. When turned, the bolt will extend a bar...

Good day all I am struggling with this one. m (d^2 h)/(dt^2 )+k dh/dt=-mg use v=dh/dt in place to turn 2nd order into 1st order so from this i have got (d^2 h)/(dt^2 )= -g-(v/m) Is this a first order equation? If so can somebody point me to solve the equation when m=80, k=8.7, v(0)=0ms-1...

Let us first review Einstein’s train and platform thought experiment which consists of one observer midway inside a speeding train car and another observer standing on a platform as the train moves past. A flash of light is given off at the center of the train car just as the two observers pass...

Homework Statement A cyclist is initially heading exactly due North. He then initiates a turn to the West, the turn being a quarter circle with radius 12-m. He travels at a constant speed of 5.5-m/s during the turn. What is the direction of this average acceleration, measured anti-clockwise...

My question is, if a car is moving at speed V, and its front wheels are at an angle (theta), what is the relationship between the angle of the wheels relative to them being parallel with the car and the radius of the circle at which the car goes around. Thanks.

Homework Statement When a car turns or accelerates, you feel and extra force, and some hanging things in the car also shift. How do you explain this phenomena? Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution My explanation was simply that since the car is a non inertia frame of reference, you...

Hi everyone, i hope this is the right place to post this. Anyway, I'm creating a game, and I'm trying to calculate and project future car movement path based on steering angle of the wheels. By using equation: r = wheelbase / sin(steeringAngle) I'm able to calculate turning radius. But the...

So last week I was returning from a holiday (by car) and on the way I saw a field with about 20 wind turbines on it. They were slowly turning, as usual. At first it seemed normal but I suddenly realized, by the open window of the car, that there was no wind at all. So I wondered if there was an...

The question kind of says it all. How fast fast could a human move before Relativistic mass made him collapse into a black hole(the answerer can choose whatever mass and volume that they want for the equations).

Homework Statement I read about Joule's experiment proving the transformation of mechanical work into heat. But say I have a bowl with some water, and I start turning a spoon in it very fast, thus doing work - the water won't get hotter! What am I missing? Homework Equations conservation of...

Hey Everyone, I want to build a Laser cutter for myself from scratch (sort of). I need some way of turning the rotational energy of the servo into a linear movement. I want something fairly cheap, so nothing to pricey. I thought of the classic Lego style thing, with a gear on the servo, with a...

When a car moves forward, the wheel turns it exerts a force on the road in the opposite direction of travel, and friction counter acts it. the wheel turns and the car moves forward This implies that friction on the wheel is acting in the direction of the car moving. Though I thought that...

Homework Statement AC'D+ AB'D + BCD' + A'BC 2. Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution Would I start by inverting all the inputs? Would there be 3 Or's to this? I get from the truth table, to simplifying expressions with k-map, but I don't know how to turn it into a circuit. Can someone...

My gas chromatography instrument ran out of air while cooling down and now it won't turn on, nor the computer it is hooked up to? Can this be fixed?

Hi there, I have read an article where osmosis/reverse osmosis could be used to effectively remove water within a piece of wood. What the author has done is submerging a piece of wood under a thick, liquid dishwashing soap. The said soap pulls the water out of the wood which makes it dry...

Homework Statement The figure shows a plot of potential energy U versus position x of a 0.220 kg particle that can travel only along an x axis under the influence of a conservative force. The graph has these values: UA = 9 J, UC = 20 J and UD = 24 J. The particle is released at the point where...

I'm trying to figure out a way to turn a relay back on with a sensor. This relay is attached to a device that is plugged into a wall. I was thinking of using a non-invasice current sensor but I don't know if there will be a significant current change, if any, once I turn the device on, if the...

Okay so my friends and I had a debate on a topic which was regarding the cornering of the car. So the situation is this The two cars are the same, and the corner they turn into is the same. Considering that the two cars follow the same line in taking the turn, which car would come out in a...

i am looking for a function for calculating the turning angle, using the difference between two wheels speed. i have a model car , with 2 engines and 2 wheels, without steering. thanks.

the other interpreter I'm using? I'm practicing my coding chops for an upcoming interview (I don't really have to use any hardcore programming chops I work as a web dev) and have been writing small C++ programs on online compilers/interpreters because I hate having to make entire new projects...

i have trouble to ON IGBT.. to turn on the IGBT, it needed the Driver to turn it on.. pwm pump in 5V into the driver signal. I supply 10v to power up the driver chip. My design requirement to turn on the IGBT Vge is 15v... how to increase the Vge. i have attached the circuit that i using.

Can a person suspended in space with nothing to push off of, turn themselves around?