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Graduate Max. Applied force on outside wall of spinning drum
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Graduate Max. Applied force on outside wall of spinning drum
I basically found an area of water at the 12" depth and, found its mass and used that mass in the centripetal force eq. Used my tan. velocity of 3.7 ft/s at the 24" radius and solved for centripetal force. And I did not consider varaible water level height because I am looking for a ball park... -
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Graduate Max. Applied force on outside wall of spinning drum
So are you saying my way strategy was incorrect? I'm just a little confused how to apply your response. Thanks -
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Graduate Max. Applied force on outside wall of spinning drum
I have a 36" OD aluminum drum within another 48" OD aluminum drum creating 6” channel between the two diameters. The total height of the drum assembly is 16” This design project that I am working on requires me to fill this channel up with 12” of water which equates to about 342.5 lbs of water...