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haruspex
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Spherical capacitor RC system -- determine steady state charges
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I repeat: And your working, of course.
Sep 22, 2025
haruspex
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Acceleration of a wedge: What forces act on the wedge?
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No. You have confused yourself by drawing the forces on the wedge and the block in the same diagram. Draw two separate FBDs.
Sep 18, 2025
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Acceleration of a wedge: What forces act on the wedge?
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The simplest way to think of it is to include the portion of the rope in contact with the pulley as being part of the wedge+pulley...
Sep 18, 2025
haruspex
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What Determines the Minimum Mass of Block B for Movement on an Inclined Plane?
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Really?
Sep 16, 2025
haruspex
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What Determines the Minimum Mass of Block B for Movement on an Inclined Plane?
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What has the spring to do with it? When the system is released from rest, is the spring relaxed, at equilibrium with its suspended...
Sep 16, 2025
haruspex
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Spherical capacitor RC system -- determine steady state charges
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Please post your result and the official result if known.
Sep 14, 2025
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Calculation of Tensile Forces in Piston-Type Water-Lifting Devices at Elevated Locations
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Then I misinterpreted your last diagram. I now presume it is a top view. That being so, a given movement of the piston raises twice...
Sep 13, 2025
haruspex
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Calculation of Tensile Forces in Piston-Type Water-Lifting Devices at Elevated Locations
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The lower portion is not raising any water, only moving it sideways.
Sep 13, 2025
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Errors and significant figures
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Just a follow-up on the equation I gave in post #18… I felt it was surprisingly inelegant, then I realised it could be rewritten as...
Sep 9, 2025
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Errors and significant figures
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Part of the problem is that there are two common systems which many (most) conflate. Either imply the uncertainty from the number of...
Sep 9, 2025
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When I was a practicing EE, none of this ever made sense to me. These problems rarely mention the probability distribution of the data...
Sep 9, 2025
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Errors and significant figures
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It depends what you mean by the uncertainty. In many contexts you want the statistical uncertainty, i.e. standard deviation. If X and Y...
Sep 8, 2025
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A cylinder connected to a hanging mass
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The horizontal forces on it are the friction from the floor, the pull of the rope, and the normal force from the wall. The first two...
Sep 7, 2025
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Physics Problem on Tension in Water
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Yes, except that, as I wrote, the force is not constant. What you have calculated is the average. Is that what you are asked for?
Sep 2, 2025
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Physics Problem on Tension in Water
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Ok, so can you do what I suggested in post #8? Do I need to explain more?
Sep 2, 2025
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