Threads Tagged with mechanics Thread / Thread Starter Last Post Replies Views I've been reading, in my own time, a first course in thermodynamics and they present a quantum treatment of... T 02:00 AM DrDu 10 230 Academic Guidance 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data I need to find the Kinetic energy of a bar rotating... Y 08:34 PM Chestermiller 3 126 Introductory Physics Homework The correct answer to this problem is h2 = h1 but I don't get it. According to what I understand, F=p/A So for... Y 01:58 PM paisiello2 4 119 Introductory Physics Homework 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data Determine the change in entropy when 1g of ice is... Mar9-14 03:27 PM idkididk 0 57 Engineering, Comp Sci, & Technology Homework I recommend the following paper by Robert B. Griffiths on developing the theory of quantum mechanics without giving a... 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I'm an undergrad physics major and one of my courses this term is... Feb28-14 08:19 PM Fusiontron 14 706 Academic Guidance How do I calculate the acceleration of the falling weight? It is hanging from a string which goes through a wheel, and... Feb27-14 10:40 AM Como Bluff 4 160 Introductory Physics Homework 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data Task number 2. The problem is that my solution is wrong... Feb24-14 11:08 AM Chestermiller 32 427 Engineering, Comp Sci, & Technology Homework 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data A particle of mass m moves under an attractive central... Feb23-14 04:49 PM Wavefunction 2 135 Advanced Physics Homework hi so basically my question is derivation of derivation of the quadratic case of the terminal velocity I have... Feb21-14 03:29 AM maajdl 3 120 Introductory Physics Homework Hello I am having difficulty in comprehending the basics of fluid mechanics . I have few questions which I would... Feb20-14 10:34 PM Tanya Sharma 24 456 General Physics Hi I have been looking at canonical transformation using generating functions. I am using the Goldstein book and it... Feb20-14 09:27 PM dyn 2 164 Classical Physics Please forgive me. My education is lacking go easy on me. The radius of 6378.1 km has enough gravity to hold this... Feb19-14 03:04 PM seany 5 616 Earth 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data "A car is approaching traffic lights. The car is... Feb19-14 12:09 PM adjacent 3 152 Introductory Physics Homework 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data A Venturi meter is constructed with an inlet ... Feb19-14 08:54 AM patep023 10 166 Engineering, Comp Sci, & Technology Homework 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data The probability density at certain points for a... Feb18-14 11:14 PM ehild 1 148 Introductory Physics Homework Hi In my lecture notes we making some calculations and all terms \mathcal O(M^3) are to be thrown away. Here M is... Feb17-14 06:17 PM boneh3ad 2 249 General Physics 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data A stick of mass m and length l is pivoted at one end.... Feb16-14 04:33 PM voko 11 222 Introductory Physics Homework 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data Determine possible trajectories for particle with... Feb14-14 08:51 PM BvU 4 168 Advanced Physics Homework One question. In the text http://locomat.loria.fr/napier/napier1619construction.pdf author calculate ... Feb14-14 11:23 AM LagrangeEuler 2 225 Classical Physics I don't plan to do neither very soon, I still need some pre-requisites. But the thing is: judging by what I see... Feb12-14 05:31 PM jesse73 9 455 Academic Guidance 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data As an engineer you are tasked to design a 2m long shaft... Feb11-14 10:56 AM BvU 12 321 Introductory Physics Homework 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data A man of mass m stands on a platform of equal mass m and... Feb11-14 04:27 AM BvU 38 488 Introductory Physics Homework 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data In the figure shown.Find : a)acceleration of 1... Feb10-14 04:26 PM BvU 6 212 Introductory Physics Homework 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data Hi. As you all know, ## = ^*##, where ##F## is... Feb9-14 06:10 PM TSny 9 272 Advanced Physics Homework 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data (This problem concerns an electron orbiting a proton.... Feb9-14 03:29 PM lausco 6 550 Introductory Physics Homework 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data ... Feb8-14 06:19 PM jedishrfu 1 136 Advanced Physics Homework 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data Water at 20 degrees C flows in a 0.8cm diameter pipe... Feb8-14 01:44 PM haruspex 3 156 Introductory Physics Homework 1.The problem statement, all variables and given/known data Find the acceleration of the block of mass M in the... Feb8-14 10:52 AM BvU 7 194 Introductory Physics Homework Hey guys, this question seems pretty simple but I haven't done much fluid mechanics before so I'm really not sure what... Feb6-14 05:15 PM redser 0 119 Introductory Physics Homework i'm trying to do the following integral: $$\int{e^{\frac{-2amx^2}{ħ}}dx}$$ (in case this is hard to see, the... Feb4-14 10:37 PM Chopin 3 190 Advanced Physics Homework Hello guys, I'm currently reading through K&K Intro to Mechanics book, and I'm on page 26 where I encounter a bit... Feb1-14 06:36 PM Seydlitz 4 315 General Physics 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data AB is homogeneous with mass of 180 kg, goes 1.2m in the... Jan31-14 08:52 PM wahaj 4 183 Engineering, Comp Sci, & Technology Homework Besides the dimensionality (4 vs. 3), how would you go about explaining the difference between tensors in GR and in... Jan31-14 08:50 PM robphy 38 1,112 Special & General Relativity I was studying statistical mechanics and found some concept that are difficult for me to grasp. Any kind of help will... Jan30-14 08:17 AM Shan K 10 415 Quantum Physics