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There is a fairly complicated equation on wikipedia for dew point. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dew_point If you have all the variables you can just plug and chug. I don't know if that formula is in your FE reference book or not though.

One way to do it would be to may be calculate the energy in and energy out based off the specific heat of the air.

It looks like the basic procedure is going to be to take the applied torque (from the dimensions given), convert it to force, and then balance that force against the frictional force. Repeat for the for the four wheel drive instance.

When I calculated the second moment of area I got 2.701*10^-5 m^4 based on this: I=\frac{\pi*\left[\left(200mm\right)^{4}-\left(200mm-20mm\right)^{4}\right]}{64}=2.701\times10^{-5}m^{4} This would change your results a little bit. Solving out the ratio before of M/I = E/R gives...

Could you post the original question? The general shape of your graph looks right, but I'm not certain what the value of that distributed load is suppose to be.

Okay, so it probably actually would be the case, this spectrometer actually uses two separate cables that are just bound in the same tube so it was hard to tell that is what is going on.

We have a spectrometer in our lab that collects light through a fiber optic cable, however it also sends a 532nm laser down this fiber optic cable. My background isn't in optics, and it would seem to me that the returning light (which is typically around 694 nm) would interfere with each...

Ugh, I feel like you. I'm actually really well read in philosophy and economics (Can't really put that on my resume though...), and people who talk and interact with me know I'm bright, but my grades aren't that great because I KNOW how irrelavent most of this stuff is to real-world engineering...

Hey, I've recently been taking a look at the theory of plate vibration, but I can't seem to find anywhere an exact definition of what consitutes a "clamped" and a "simply supported" plate. What exactly are these, conceptually and mathematically?

Yeah, the problem was that the economy slowed down and all the baby boomers realized that the retirement they thought was going to be there wasn't. So they're sticking around for a while longer...

It depends on how quickly you need want to get done and how well you want to do. If you're doing 16 credit hours a semester and you want straight A's, then yeah, you could very well be doing 15 hours of school work a day.

Ah, thanks so much! I was too confused at the time to articulate my question properly which was basically: "Why is this different from this?" Thanks again!

I'm pretty confused on what the difference between what the temperature reading is from a thermistor vs. the Steinhart Temperature. Basically I know that the "Steinhart–Hart equation" is given as: However, the http://www.vishay.com/docs/29049/23816403.pdf" for the thermistor I am...

All right, I think I have got it figured out now. The resolution of the Analog to Digital conversion that the DAQ makes can be calculated using the formulas here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog-to-digital_converter#Resolution Given 14 bits, that means that the resolution that the board...

Yes, that's right. I am measuring a signal that is input into the DAQ from a function generator. So what I am asking is how can I determine the error in the measurement I am taking? I'm pretty ignorant on how to use these things, so if you could avoid using acronyms that would be helpful...