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Hello all, I have a water cooled PC and am about to install a thermoelectric cooling device which can easily cool the water to near freezing temperatures. The cooling blocks are manufactured from copper and acrylic, and the hose is just a generic plastic hose. here's my question: how cold can...

Greetings All, I have a computer project coming up and wanted to take an approach with physics. I want to use a thermoelectric cooling device to cool water in a liquid cooled computer. Heres the question: How can I calculate the amount of heat in Watts generated by the certain microchips and...

Ok, but I have been calculating the heat while the bike is decelerating on a relatively horizontal surface. Would I still have to factor in the slope to get the max initial kinetic energy?

how can slope be a factor in KE, would not slope only affect velocity, which is already a variable in the KE equation?

Ok Now considering everything everyone else has said, I am going to use these equations and you people can back me up. However this time, I am going to use as close to real world numbers as possible. Everyone is free to correct me if I am wrong! Using actual numbers I have obtained on a run...

you input has helped Chronos, however could you specify what the value of joules constant is and what the units of T are in the equation Q=mcT please. I know I must sound like an idiot for asking such a dumb question and for that I apologize, but your help is greatly appreciated.

So kinetic energy in joules is equal to heat in joules created by friction? Must I assume coefficients of friction, heat dissipation into the air, material makeup, etc have nothing to do with it?

Lets not Get off subject here... thank you all for your input, but let me remind you that I started this thread looking for general equations that I can use to find the heat generated due to friction between bicycle brake pads and its rims, just as I said in the first post. Thanks

?? thanks 'crates when you have some time, can you explain in more detail

I am designing a bike frame and what to know how to calculate the heat generated between the brake pads and the rim. I am wondering if anyone knows of any general equations I can use?

I am designing a bike frame and I want to know how much heat will be generated between the rubber brake pads and the alloy rims. I have looked endlessly on the internet for formulas and I came here hoping someone could give me an answer. I am not looking for a definite answer at this point...