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Hello all, I'm having a bit of a problem on a class design project. We have to design a mini-fridge for developing coutries that runs on its own power and must cost under $100 ideally (it can go over if necessary). My group decided to use a hand-crank powered thermoelectric module and fan...

Hello all, I have to design a hand crank generator to produce power for some downstream application. The amount of power is on the order of that needed for anything between a heavy-duty flashlight to one of those desktop mini-fridges that hold one soda can. Thing is, I'm drawing a blank on...

Basic engineering question. For any average spring (say, in an industrial setting), is the spring constant in compression about equivalent to the spring constant in extension?

If I am doing this right, 3C2H2 in Cu2Cl2 will give you one molecule of unreacted C2H2 and vinyl ethyne, or CH2-CH-CCH, which if you add up all the carbons and hydrogens, you get 6C and 6H. As to the second question, I don't think C6H4 exists, but it is listed as a hypothetical byproduct in...

This is a pretty basic answer, but I know that selenium is used as a photoconductor and also as part of the print toner that is used to reproduce images put through the copier.

Homework Statement I have to plot some data for a lab writeup. It's based on the frequency response of fluid catheter-transducer systems. Part of this writeup includes making Bode plots for the gain and phase shift. I know how to plot my data; the problem that I am having is that I want to try...

Homework Statement I feel like I'm doing something seriously wrong here.:rolleyes: How tall must a column of water be to generate a pressure of 100mmHg? Homework Equations P = pgh, I think, is the only necessary equation. The Attempt at a Solution So... 100mmHg = 1 kg/m3 * 9.81...

I see... thanks!

Hello. I have a question about an astable oscillator made with a 555 timer IC. According to a National Instruments website, the off-duty cycle for an astable oscillator is Rb / (Ra + 2Rb) and the frequency is 1/(0.7*(Ra + 2Rb)*C), where Ra is the resistor in between pin 7 and the power...

At a high shear rate, red blood cells become elongated and oriented in one direction, facilitating smooth blood flow. However, at a high enough shear rate, the cells will become so strained that a part of the cell membrane pinches off. This often occurs in poorly designed medical devices that...

what if its a circuit consisting of only a resistor and a capacitor?

Homework Statement This is a general question regarding impedance in circuit analysis. I know that in order to find the total impedance of a circuit, you transform each element characteristic into the frequency domain, i.e., R\rightarrow Z_R = R, C\rightarrow Z_C = \frac{1}{Cs} ...

its been a really long time since I've had to solve ODEs for any class, so I'm just using the cookie cutter of an example in my old differential equation book to help. Please correct me if I am wrong in my work. (Note: I've disregarded the constants of integration for now). The original...

Homework Statement It's been a couple years since diff. eq. Any tips/strategies on solving the first-order ODE: K\frac{dp(t)}{dt} + \frac{p(t)}{R} = Q_0 \sin{(2\pi t)} where K, R and Q_0 are constants?

because the units on the two sides of the equation must match in order for the equation to be valid, the units of C_p and C_v must be the same as the units for the universal gas constant R.