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    Compressed Hydrogen tank mass estimation

    Does anyone know how to calculate the mass of compressed hydrogen tank at certain pressure. The tank is cylindrical with hemispherical ends. I have pressure,radius,wall thickness and length,internal volume and density of the material. The tank is a Type IV tank.(Composite tank with...
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    Comparing turboprop and turbofan

    i am involved in a project that involves comparing turboprop to trubofan.I want to compare their specific power .but turbofans are rated in Newtons.can the power of a turbofan be calcuated by multiplying its thrust with speed of the aircraft at that thrust.
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    Find Largest Angle of Slope for Car w/ Front, Rear & 4WD

    Another question I have got another question.I have tried to do it but no matter what free body diagram I do can't seem to get anwser. Question attached to file.
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    Natural frequency calculated theorectically and experimentally

    for the theorectical analysis I was given the length of spring, the mass attached and the length of stretched spring.I used that to calculate spring constant and then calculate frequency. for the experimental I was given the time for 20 oscllations for five different readings. Found...
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    Natural frequency calculated theorectically and experimentally

    Homework Statement I was given a spring mass system and asked to calculate the natural frequency by theorectical analysis and by using experimental data. There was a difference between the natural frequency calculated theorectically and experimentally. I was asked to discuss the...
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    Find Largest Angle of Slope for Car w/ Front, Rear & 4WD

    Sorry wrong file Sorry i posted the wrong file the right one is here.
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    Find Largest Angle of Slope for Car w/ Front, Rear & 4WD

    Homework Statement I have a friction question wanting me to find the largest angle of slope a car can drive up at constant speed if it has a front wheel drive b rear wheel drive c four wheel drive The real question is in the microsoft word file attached. [b]2. Homework Equations [/b...
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    Finding the Force Exerted on a Log Using Virtual Work Calculations

    Didnt really understand your explanation but i was just playing around with the numbers and seem to have got the anwser 24/17 x17/17 x 17/6=N=4F thats the right anwser but stiil don't understand it.
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    Finding the Force Exerted on a Log Using Virtual Work Calculations

    Still can't see how the equation U=intg[F costeta ds] or U=int[M dteta] apply to situation. help appreciated please.
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    MATLAB What Is a Data File and How Do You Generate It in MATLAB?

    ... Sorry didn't know there were many different kinds of datafiles.I don't really know the type of datafile his going to give so i thought there should be some kind of general method.But from the last coursework i was given he asked for an ascii datafile.
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    Debugging an Infinite Loop in MATLAB

    Homework Statement I am having a bit of a problem trying to understand while loop. I was given a question lke this Write a while loop to evaluate the spl of effective pressure p starting from pref and increasing by a factor of 2 at a time.The program should stop when the spl...
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    Finding the Force Exerted on a Log Using Virtual Work Calculations

    Virtual work (fireplace thong) Homework Statement http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/bambidurojay/?action=view&current=fireplacetong.jpg I have been given a fireplace thong and need to determine the force exerted on a log. Homework Equations It is in the virtual work chapter of my...
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    MATLAB What Is a Data File and How Do You Generate It in MATLAB?

    Homework Statement I have a retake in MATLAB and in my briefing they said i will have to generate a data file and analyse it.Can someone please tell me what a data file is and how you generate it. I have used the help function in MATLAB but did not find it very useful . Thanks in advance...
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