Recent content by ady_mech

Hello there I am trying to figure out this but am having some difficulty. Your help would be much appreciated. I have 3 points in 3D space: (x1,y1,z1), (x2,y2,z2) and (x3,y3,z3). My objective: I need to find out the radius of the circle that passes through these 3 points. I know how to...

Thanks a lot for all the effort. Great picture, what did you use to make this picture? Nice shading etc. I get some idea but I am not clear how this bar is holding the ramp up. If the bar is above the ramp, how does the ramp stay up? And also, I want to have such a thing that the ball doesn't...

Tyanks for the effort. But I couldn't see the image when I clicked on link above. Internet Explorer opened up but there was a small square with a "x" mark in it, the kind that shows up when the image is not there or link is wrong or something. Can you please email it to me at bhootiya@lycos.com...

Thanks for the suggestion. But I am not very clear on it. can you please send me a sketch to help me visualize? thanks

Hello all I have attcahed a WORD file that has a diagram that exlains the problem. When you open the file, you would see that I have a inclined part (called ramp) that pivots on a base. A ball (load) rolls up the ramp. The ramp is supported by a spring and some linkage. The linkage shown is...