Recent content by Davidthefat

Can't you calculate the turbine inlet temperature assuming the exhaust from the engine is adiabatic using the adiabatic flame temperature knowing the AFR? Using AFR, you can get the molar ratio and balance the equation and solve for the T adiabatic using a reference temperature and the...

What I think it represents is a simplified graph of Time vs Position only using one position axis; the four vector is the world line, but "two vector" in this case. It represents the "velocity" of the object; the three components are the Cartesian components and 4rth is time. That explains time...

What is an alternate way of "representing" special relativity? I've learned the space time diagram interpretation of Special Relativity and the math that goes along with that. What is a more "rigorous view" of Special Relativity?

I am a Freshman EE/CS major. So far, the classes I have chosen so far are: Calc 3 (4 hours) Linear Algebra (3 Hours) Basic Concepts Of Math ( Mathematical proofs, set theory, mathematical induction and recursion, binary relations, functions, definition and development of some common...

They originally tried to modify the Maxwell's equations, but they would not be accurate in the trivial cases, so the error was in the mechanics. The question here is how it was feasible to come to such conclusions. Was it just that with the new transformations, the numbers just were consistent...

I am aware of the motives of finding a modification of Newtonian mechanics, but the effects of relativity are so subtle and negligible. How in the world was he able to even find it? Even at speeds of the Earth orbiting the Sun, the effects are almost negligible. I know he started out with a...

You are right, after putting in some real numbers, the numbers are not that impressive.

Oh, yes, haven't thought about it that way.

From what I've read, particle accelerators accelerate particles to near the speed of light. As the speed of an object approaches the speed of light, the mass approaches infinite. By that time, that particle is like a wrecking ball. The force required to slow that particle down is almost infinite...

There's nothing special about self studying the AP Physics C class... At our school, we been doing that for more than a decade. The teacher does not lecture for the AP Physics C students.

I've received an email from the department head that he recommends that I take a "Mathematical Engineering" class instead of the programming class. That class is a second year EE class, but it goes over C and Matlab for EE.

I am worried about the pure volume of credits I will be tackling. 18 is the maximum allowed at school. There is no way to get credit for intgral calculus or intro to programming. They are the pre reqs to most classes, so I have to take those classes.

Integral Calculus is a co requisite.

I am an incoming electrical engineering freshman. Integral Calculus (4) Modern Physics: Waves, Optics, Quantum and Classical Mechanics (4) Physics Lab (1) EE 101 and Lab (2) Intro To Programming and Lab (4) Sculptural Ceramics (2) Freshman Year Experience (1) Programming is an...

Isn't the old school design the safer design? I mean there really is no way to bail out of a space shuttle, at least with the traditional design, there is a way to survive. Since the human cargo is at the top, there is nothing to "fall" on it to disable it like how the Columbia mission epic-ly...