Recent content by laminatedevildoll

5'8, 145 lbs, maybe a bit more. Yikes.

Alaska. I want to visit there soon.

I don't see anything wrong with a platinum wedding. :smile:

Thanks. :smile: I am still trying to get adjusted to Mathematica.

Thanks for your help. :smile:

I am using version 6.0. I actually tried to do a piecewise function but it didn't quite work out. Instead, I just plot the points and connected it so that it looks like a stepwise function. I have attached the plot I want to this post. However, I need to learn how to do achieve this shape the...

That does make sense. I didn't know it can be as easy as that. Thanks. :smile:

How do I define a stepwise function in Mathematica? I am trying to model the behavior of a detector up in the atmosphere. For instance, the detector might experience temperature drops in the atmosphere over a 24 hour period. I would like to know if there's any way of using a step function in...

Well, the height of the dome is two times its radius. I am interested in determining the area of light hitting the dome. For instance, when the sun is at the top, from the its POV, the area is a circle right? So would it just be the area of the dome the light is hitting? How would I calculate...

Let's say that there's a dome with some radius and height. Is there a way to calculate the area of the light hitting the dome (half an ellipse) when the sun is near the side of the dome and when the sun is right above the dome? I know that the sun angle is approximately 60 degrees. I'd...

We have a dome in our lab, and my advisor asked me to calculate the its volumne and make it into a sphere or spherical. This'll be used for some thermal calculations I think. What should I measure and what equations would I need? I'd appreciate anyone's feedback.

I am giving an informal presentation in front of my research group on the project I've been working on, so using powerpoint is not an option. But, I am not sure if I should just talk and pass around the images I have or print out some main points on paper and stick it on the white board in the...

Yeah, I guess when I tilt the tiltmeter, I can get a zero voltage for both x and y. However, in order to make something that makes the tilt, my advisor wants me to calculate by how much for each side. So, since I have the x and y angles (calculated from the calibration curve fit equation which...

Oops sorry. I meant the calculated theta (angle) from the equation above equals 0.1999 arc degrees for the x-axis and -1.023 arc degrees for y-axis. The measured voltages were 0.026 V for the x-axis and the -0.243 V for y-axis. I suppose the the value for the x-axis is close to zero, but the...

I am trying to calibrate this circuit, and it is hooked up to a voltmeter and also a power supply. When the circuit is horizontal, the voltmeter is supposed to read zero both in the x and y direction. Here, the x-direction is determined by tilting the circuit up and down and the y-direction is...