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Where is the tension applied in a 3 dimensional cable?
Hello, I need to transmit motion between a servo motor and a pulley through a cable. In order to do that, I've screwed a pulley to the servo and fix the cable on both the motor pulley and the pulley. I am working in a scale where the radius of the cable cannot be neglected due to a precision...- Factao
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- Applied Cable Tension
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- Forum: Mechanical Engineering
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What is the Magnetic Field Inside a Cylindrical Coaxial Cable?
I have no idea where to start.- Floriane Houenagnon
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- Cable Coaxial Coaxial cable Cylindrical
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Tension and net torque in a cable
Homework Statement In figure 12-34, a uniform beam of weight 500N and length 3m is suspended horizontally, on the left it is hinged to the wall and on the right end of the beam is a cable attached to support it. the cable is attached distance D up the wall from the hinge. The least amount of...- ryley
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- Cable Net Net torque Tension Tension at an angle Torque
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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with this tension problem -- Mass on an accelerating cable
Homework Statement A 35 kg mass is being raised by a cable with decreasing speed. At the instant the upward velocity has a magnitude of 1.6 m/s and the downward acceleration has magnitude of 1.2 m/s2, what is the tension of the cable? m=35 kg v=1.6 m/s a= -1.2 m/s2 g= 9.81 m/s2 Homework...- Jett Johnson
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- Cable Mass Tension
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Struggling Engineering Student Needs Help with Tension in Cable Homework
Homework Statement Homework Equations ∑MA = 0, where A is the pin. Tx = Tcos150 Ty = Tsin150 The Attempt at a Solution I've drawn in the 100kN force of the beam's weight, and identified that ∑MA = 0. I attempted to find the moment arm, but really wasn't sure how do to it, or if it would even...- CheesyPeeps
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- Cable Engineering Forces Moments Statics Tension
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Engineering and Comp Sci Homework Help
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Why does my phone remain connected to its cable when being lifted by the cable?
Hi everyone, I noticed something strange when I lifted my phone by its cable. My phone will remain connect to the cable for a few seconds before it disconnects and falls. I understand that an object wouldn’t move unless a force has acted upon it. The fact that the phone remained connected for a... -
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Static equilibrium: Find the tension in a support cable
Homework Statement Homework Equations Σtorque = 0 Σfx=0 Σfy=0 torque= F r sinθ (θ is the angle between the r and the F)The Attempt at a Solution OKay, now i know how to solve this, but it's like i asked myself, how to know if this is a question that i am supposed to use Σfx=0 and Σfy=0...- SakuRERE
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- Cable Equilibrium Static Static equilibrium Support Tension
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Calculating Linear and Angular Motion in a Drum and Cable System
Hi, I'm studying a hnc in mechanical engineering. One of the maths problems I have been given involves a drum and cable. It states the diameter(0.8m), mass (3kg), initial velocity (0m/s), time to descend (0.5secs) and distance traveled (0.25m) I need to find: A)final linear velocity of the...- Ebony
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- Cable Drum
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Problem about electric potential and power transmitted down a cable
When to use ## V =-\int E ⋅ dl ## or ## V =\int E ⋅ dl ## ? When i use ## V =-\int E ⋅ dl ##. i can not show that P = IV because ##\frac{ln \frac{b}{a}}{ln \frac{a}{b}} ≠ 1## But the solution use ## V =\int E ⋅ dl ## I'm concerned about using "minus" .- Another
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- Cable Electric Electric potential Potential Power
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- Forum: Advanced Physics Homework Help
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AC vs DC servo motors in large scale cable robot design
hi, I'm designing a 50ftx50ft, 8-cable Cable Driven Parallel Robot and am thinking this is a pivotal decision. the corner posts are 10ft tall and the machine should be able to lift 100lbs at least 5ft off the ground. traveling speed of the end effector is less important than accuracy but I'm not...- cpcoe
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- Ac Cable Controls Dc Design Motors Robot Robotics Scale Servo
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- Forum: General Engineering
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Does Light Travel Through Fiber Optic Cable Generate EMF?
Does light traveling through a fiber optic cable generate any sort of detectable electromagnetic field? Please forgive the stupid question. It’s something that popped into mind recently and google hasn’t adequately answered for me. I’m not a scientist or physicist. :blushing: -
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Insulation test of a long cable
In order to do some welding a long way from a power socket, I have made up a 200m long ‘extension lead’ from some 6mm2 armour cable. The cable is needed for another job later on. I have an test unit that: 1. Checks earth/ground bond with 8Vac and 25A. 2. Then measures insulation resistance...- Guineafowl
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- Cable Insulation Test
- Replies: 22
- Forum: Electrical Engineering
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How to calculate the cable size between QRM and transformer
cable size calculation between QRM and 11kv to 400v transformer (1500 kva)- RAHMAN
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- Cable Transformer
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- Forum: Electrical Engineering
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Powerline cable count and engineering question (HV power distribution lines)
I have seen that typically most 110Kv and 330Kv lines around my place have not 4 wires on them (3 phases and one neutral) but rather 7 wires on them, which I suppose is 3 phases x2 which probably means two cables for each phase and a common neutral wire at the top of each post. Now is my...- girts
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- Cable Count Distribution Engineering Lines Power
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- Forum: Electrical Engineering
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How do phone chargers work? (thin cable question)
We're all told how circuits have to be closed and loop back to be able to have the electrons flowing and give things power, so is that the reason most outlet charges have two wires connected? If so, why are phone chargers only one wire, and how are they so thin? Thanks!- Cheesycheese213
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- Cable Electricity Work
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- Forum: Electromagnetism
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Calculating Resistance of Coaxial Cable with Isolator
Homework Statement Coaxial cable has radius a of copper core and radius b of copper shield. Between there is an isolator with specific resistance ζ. What is the resistance of this cable with length L between the core and the shield? Homework Equations First, I tried to solve this like this...- bolzano95
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- Cable Coaxial Coaxial cable Resistance
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Ampere's Law with a coaxial cable
Homework Statement A portion of a long, cylindrical coaxial cable is shown in the accompanying figure. A current I flows down the center conductor, and this current is returned in the outer conductor. Determine the magnetic field in the regions (a) R ≤ r1, (b) r2 ≥ R ≥ r1, (c) r3 ≥ R ≥ r2, and...- Ignitia
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- Ampere's law Cable Coaxial Coaxial cable Law
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Space Elevator Cable: Physical & Chemical Properties
Homework Statement a) research the space elevator concept. Consider the environment in which the cable must operate. Recommend two physical and one chemical property that the cable should have. Justify your choices. b) Based on what you have learned about bonding and forces in solids, which...- Physics345
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- Cable Elevator Space Space elevator
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- Forum: Biology and Chemistry Homework Help
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Refractive Index of Coaxial Cable
Anyone know the refractive index of a standard coaxial cable and have a traceable source?- Benjamin Irwin
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- Cable Coaxial Coaxial cable Index Refractive index
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- Forum: Electrical Engineering
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The magnetic field outside a coaxial cable
Good day All, I have a confusion in my mind and i hope to clear it If we use the Amper law to calculate the magnetic field outside the cable, the value would be 0 because the electric current inside the amperian loop is equal to 0, but in case we apply the Biot savart law to calculate the...- Amaelle
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- Cable Coaxial Coaxial cable Field Magnetic Magnetic field Outside
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Magnetic fields outside a shielded power cable
I was recently having a discussion about magnetic fields outside of a shielded power cable. My understanding up to this point was shielded cables only shields electric fields and not magnetic fields which are associated with current flow inside a cable. For the shielding to shield magnetic...- Dublin
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- Cable Fields Magnetic Magnetic fields Outside Power
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- Forum: Electrical Engineering
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How Is the Minimum Bend Radius of a Fiber Optic Cable Determined?
If there is a fiber optic cable with a diameter d, the index of refraction of the cladding the cable is given, and so is the index of refraction core of the cable, how would you formulate an equation for the minimum radius of bend the cable can have? Thank you in advance.- doggydan42
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- Bend Cable Fiber Fiber optic Fiber optics Optic Refraction
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- Forum: Optics
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Power Transmitted in a Coaxial Cable
Homework Statement A coaxial transmission line consists of an inner cylindrical conductor of radius a = 1 mm and a cylindrical outer conductor chosen to make the characteristic impedance 75 ohm. The space between the conductors is lled with a gas which can stand a maximum eld of 105 V/m without...- Marcus95
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- Cable Coaxial Coaxial cable Dielectric breakdown Electromagetism Power Transmission line
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Impacted on a Surface wave of a tension-ed Anchor cable
I'm trying to figure out what happens to a tension-ed anchor line when encountered by a surface wave (transverse and longitudinal ) Assuming a 2 dimensional view, or that the cable is sufficiently wide that the wave cannot go 'around it' what happens to the path and speed of the surface wave... -
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Weight held by a beam and cable
I've got a problem where a weight is being held to the side of a building using a beam and a cable. The weight is 336 pounds and the angle between the cable and the beam is 49 degrees. I need to calculate the tension of the cable and the force of the beam. I calculated the force of gravity as...- EchoTheCat
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- Beam Cable Weight
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Energy Flow in Coaxial Cable with Linear Free Charge Density
Homework Statement An infinitely long cylindrical capacitor with inner radius a and outer radius b carries a free charge per unit length of ##\lambda_{free}##. The region between the plates is filled with a nonmagnetic dielectric of conductivity ##\sigma##. Show that at every point inside the...- GL_Black_Hole
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- Cable Charge Charge density Coaxial Coaxial cable Density Elecrtomagnetism Energy Flow Linear Poynting vector
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Ionized Gas Cables: Can You Buy Them?
Hi! Does it exist cables using ionized gas / plasma as the conductor available to buy? Thanks in advance!- FilipLand
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- Cable Cables Conductors Gas Ionization
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- Forum: Electrical Engineering
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Suspending a Speaker: What is T in each cable
1. The problem statement, all variables, and given/known data Homework Equations Assuming standard coordinates, Net forces in the x plane are 0, by The Attempt at a Solution I have worked out that \arcsin { \left( \frac { 1.4 }{ 3.1 } \right) } =\quad 26.8{ 5 }°\\ loud\quad...- pemby
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- Cable Speaker
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Underground cable with electrical short
Homework Statement A 10-km-long underground cable extends east to west and consists of two parallel wires, each of which has resistance 13 ohm /km. An electrical short develops at distance x from the west end when a conducting path of resistance R connects the wires (Fig. 27-31). The resistance...- carlyn medona
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- Cable Electrical Short
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Coaxial cable conductors with dielectric: polarization of charge
Homework Statement Consider a coaxial cable which consists of an inner cylindrical conductor of radius R1, and a shell cylindrical conductor of radii R2 and R3. The 2 conductors are separated with a dielectric material of permittivity ε. Consider the length of the cable, ℓ, much larger than R3...- Granger
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- Cable Charge Coaxial Coaxial cable Conductors Dielectric Electromagetism Polarization
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Determine a cable core diameter for RF current carrying loop
Basic Question Alert ! (I need to brush up my basics and need your help) Problem Statement: I wish to make a current carring cable loop to generate a controlled magnetic field. http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/magnetic/curloo.html As I understand, the magnetic field generated depends...- Bhushan
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- Cable Core Current Diameter Electomagnetic Loop Rf
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- Forum: Electrical Engineering
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Find the tension in the cable and the force the ramp exerts on the tires
Homework Statement A 5000 kg car rests on a 32° slanted ramp attached to a trailer. Only a cable running from the trailer to the car prevents the car from rolling off the ramp (the car's transmission is in neutral and its brakes are off). Find the tension in the cable and the force that the...- mirs08
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- Angles Cable Dynamics Equilibrium Force Inclined planes Ramp Tension Tires
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Why does VFD cable data sheet show Inductance, Capacitance?
Can someone point me to an understanding of why VFD rated cable include Inductance and Capacitance? For example, Belden cable 29504 shows impedance, inductance, capacitance between conductors, capacitance between conductor and sheild, and DC resistance. Is there a VFD motor calculation that is...- Butter
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- Cable Capacitance Data Inductance Vfd
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- Forum: Electrical Engineering
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Calculating amount of sag and tension for 1/8 steel cable
Thanks for reading, hopefully I am posting my first question in the correct area of the forum! I will list as many details as I have in hopes that someone will know how to calculate the amount of sag I will have and tension/force there will be. I am suspending a 1/8 steel cable horizontally...- Cjbsurf
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- Cable Steel Tension
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- Forum: Mechanics
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A cube of side L=2 m is made of a cooper cable with 2mm^2
Homework Statement A cube of side L=2m is made of a cooper cable with 2mm^2 of cross section area. 1) Find the electric resistance of one side of the cube. 2) Find the equivalent resistance in between the points A and B.- GaussianSurface
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- Cable Cross sectional area Cube Equivalent resistance
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Find the tension in the cable and reactive forces at ground
Homework Statement A 160-kg utility pole extends 12m above the ground. A horizontal force of 250 N acts at its top and the pole is held in the vertical position by a cable, as shown in the figure (I have attached the photo). 1) draw a free-body diagram for the pole 2) Determine the tension...- jfnn
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- Cable Equilibrium Forces Ground Physics Tension Torque
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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How signal is transmitted through RCA cable
How signal is transmitted through only one wire (red) of simple RCA cable? What is use and how works ground wire (black)?- MarkWW
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- Cable Signal
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- Forum: Electrical Engineering
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Network Cabling Testing (for home)
I’m having some remodel work done on a couple rooms in my house. They will be adding a new CAT7 run and replacing the old coax (at least 20 years old). Is there any sort of “hack” I can do to test the speed of the new cables? The only thing I can think of is just moving my laptop around...- Imager
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- Cable Home Network Testing
- Replies: 32
- Forum: Computing and Technology
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Calculate the power loss in electrical cable
Hi I'm trying to calculate the power loss over an electrical cable. The information of the system is: Maximum current of 20.92 A per unit at 34.5kV The cable has the following properties: DC Resistance at 25 deg C (0.1672 ohms/1000 ft) AC Resistance at 25 deg C (0.1672 ohms/1000ft) The length...- Xeno1221
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- Cable Electrical Loss Power Power loss
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- Forum: Electrical Engineering
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Newton's Second law: Tension on Cable
Hey guys is my solution correct for the question below? 1. Homework Statement Consider a 5.0 kg watermelon that is being accelerated at 2.0 m/s2 [up] by a cable. Find the tension in the cable. Homework Equations Fcable = m.a The Attempt at a Solution Fcable = m.a = 5.0 kg(2.0) = 10N- aatari
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- Cable Law Newton's second law Second law Tension
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Torque to lift object by cable on a drum accelerating
Homework Statement An object of mass 1000 kg is lifted by means of a steel lifting cable being wound round a drum of diameter 2.5m mounted on a horizontal shaft. The drum and shaft have a mass of 1000 kg and a radius of gyration of 1.0 m. What is the torque required to give the object an upward...- swotty
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- Cable Drum Lift Torque
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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How to charging the handphone without cable
Please let us know how to make handphone charging use wireless charge?- gilakmesum
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- Cable Charging
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- Forum: Computing and Technology
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Current transformer for coupling noise into a cable
I want to couple white noise to a communication cable. I am using a 50/5A CT. My idea is to connect the noise in the secondary and to couple that noise into the cable. I want to know will my idea work? Does the CT what I am using will be suitable?- Nikhil N
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- Cable Coupling Current Current transformer Noise Transformer
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- Forum: Electrical Engineering
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Solving Cable Balance for T0 and T1
Mod note: Moved from technical forum, so missing the HW template. Hello everybody and happy new year :partytime: Here is a solution for the following case. Do you agree with ? Thank you in advance for your answer The question is to give the values of T0 T1 and d in terms of g', L and G in...- wah31
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- Balance Cable
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Waves: fundamental frequency of taut cable
1. Homework Statement The wire cable supporting the mast of a sailboat has a length of 12 m and a linear mass density of 350 g/m. When pushed sideways at its midpoint with a force of 160 N, the cable deflects by 9.5 cm. What is the frequency of the fundamental mode of vibrations on this...- Any Help
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- Cable Frequency Fundamental Fundamental frequency Waves
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Cable Sizing: How External Factors Impact Section Area
Homework Statement How does the method of cable installation and other external factors influence the required cable cross sectional area for a given circuit Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution I've been searching for the answer for this for ages. I only find answer relating to types...- nothing909
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- Area Cable Factors Impact Section Sizing
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- Forum: Engineering and Comp Sci Homework Help
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What is the tension in the lift cable and in the string?
1. Part One: A mass M1 = 30 kg is suspended by a light string from the ceiling of a lift of mass M2 = 300kg. If the lift accelerates upwards at 1 m/s2, what is the tension in the lift cable and in the string? (g=9.8 m/s) Part Two: If the string breaks when subjected to a tension of more than...- Starrrrr
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- Cable Lift String Tension
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Cable car with 2 cable arrangement
Homework Statement The century-old ascensores in Valparaiso, Chile, are small cable cars that go up and down the steep hillsides. As the figure(Figure 1) shows, one car ascends as the other descends. The cars use a two-cable arrangement to compensate for friction; one cable passing around a...- konglongjiqiche
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- Cable Car
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Statics problem. Cable with distributed load
Homework Statement can someone please help and explain to me how to do this problem? all the data is in the picture above. Homework Equations i am not entirely sure which equations i should use. i know one possible equation is T=((T_o)^(2)+(wy)^(2))^(1/2) The Attempt at a Solution with the...- ThewyBenner
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- Cable Distributed Distributed load Load Statics
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- Forum: Engineering and Comp Sci Homework Help
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Why is the tension in a massive cable always tangent to its portion?
Homework Statement Why is the tension always tangent to the portion of the cable? The correct situation is on points A and B. Why can't be like on C and D? Homework Equations Newton's force-mass: ##F=ma## The Attempt at a Solution If i move the portion of the cable and examine, for...- Karol
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- Cable Tension
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help