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Hi all, Bit of a random question but the answer is killing me. Does a fridge use less energy when it is stocked or unstocked? For example, you have one fridge full of produce and another fridge completely empty. You open and close the door of both fridges the same amount of times over the...

Hi guys, Just doing a few calculations on a homeloan and comparison rate calculation has got me stumped. Loan Amount: $320,000 Loan Time: 30 years Interest Rate:5.55% Initial Costs:$4463 Monthly Fee: $15 So from this, with a fortnightly compounding frequency, I calculate the total...

As far as I know, friction force is equal to the product of the normal force and coefficient of friction, hence is independent of surface area. So why is it that race cars have wider tyres than conventional vehicles?

sorry I worded that badly.. I meant just all the pressures and temperatures of an actual operating turbine. It doesn't matter what make it is..

Hi guys, Currently doing a Final Year Project on a gas turbine and steam turbine energy plant combinate, and was wondering if anyone knows where i could find some data on a specific gas turbine with all pressures, temperatures and efficiencies? just so i can verify my calculated results Thanks

Hi guys, I have to do a lot of equations in a report, and I was wondering if there is a package for Latex so that I can just cut and paste matlab/excel coding straight into Latex and it will set it out properly. i.e. so that instead of typing \frac{5+x}{4} I can just write (5+x)/4?

umm the load is perpindicular to the road surface.

Hey, does anyone have any ideas how to formulate the wave equation for a road subjected to a singular impact?