Recent content by Pax

This seems like an old blog but I would propose that in equilibrium all bodies (black or gray) in a constant radiation flux would reach the same temperature The black ones heat and cool at the highest possible rate, and the gray ones heat and cool at a lower rate, but the emissivity is on both...

Preload means to put a preload force where F is to load the structure even before F is applied.

There is this experiment my high school teacher showed in physics class. You are probably aware of it (from practicalphysics.org) There is a video of a teacher actually doing the experiment here: https://sites.google.com/site/haatscience/physics/221-the-effect-of-inertia Gradually pull the...