Contact Definition and 422 Threads
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Please help with this suggested solution involving electrostatic press
My teacher gave us this idea: He told us that the contact force due to one halve on the other halve and the electrostatic force will balance each other. Therefore they'll be same in magnitude so use the former to get the answer However i do not understand how they will be equal. Intuitively it...- tellmesomething
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- Balance Contact Electrostatic
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Bug 'Contact' page broken
I have tried on different machines and browsers (Edge, Chrome, Firefox, Safari); the latest upgrade of Windows 10, as well as up-to-date MacOS 14. When clicking the 'CONTACT' button in the footer bar, I do not seem to be logged in on that page. Trying to click 'LOG IN' in the header bar on that...- shea
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- Bug Contact
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- Forum: Feedback and Announcements
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Difference between contact pattern and mounting distance for a pinion gear?
Hi What is the difference between contact pattern and mounting distance pinion gear . Is it possible for one to cancel the other?- Ahmad anbar
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- Contact
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- Forum: Mechanical Engineering
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I Moment of inertia and contact force
Two rotating cylinders are held in contact by a force F1. The force is applied through the center of one of the cylinders. One cylinder is the driving cylinder and the other is the driven cylinder . Does the moment of inertia of the system depends on the force contact force F1? Why? And...- GT1
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- Contact Contact force Force Inertia Moment Moment of inertia
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- Forum: Classical Physics
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Where will the masses lose contact?
In order to solve this problem, we can make use of energy and momentum conservation to solve this problem. But, I'm currently having a difficulty to find out where exactly plate B will lose contact with A. Here is what I'm thinking. First, B will collide inelastically with A, and then they...- Rikudo
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- Contact
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Is the Hertzian Contact Model Suitable for Simulating Car Braking on Wet Roads?
Hi there! First of all, I do not have a clear homework statement or relevant equations to give but I still put this thread in here because it's related to school work and I've previously got a warning for not doing so. I'm a french student who is going to start his second year after high school...- ROOT0X57B
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- Contact Friction
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Engineering Hertz contact problems of three cylinders
Greetings i´m trying to find the Force applied by the upper roller to calculate the contact surface. Here is indeed my solution 2*FR1* cos31,38=F=1500N FR1=878,57N (which is wrong the correct solution says 818,1N) FR1 is the force normal to the surface of contact. any help would highly...- Amaelle
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- Contact Cylinders Hertz
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- Forum: Engineering and Comp Sci Homework Help
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How can you make Ohmic contact with NiSi in semiconductors?
How NiSi is ohmic contact? Ohm contact occurs when a semiconductor has a lower work function than a metal, doesn't it? NiSi has a larger work function than Ni, so how do you make ohm contact?- wasong
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- Contact Semiconductors
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- Forum: Materials and Chemical Engineering
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Hertzian Contact Stress - Two Cylinders
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- Contact Cylinders Stress
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- Forum: Mechanical Engineering
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Finding the acceleration of the ball in contact with the ground during bouncing
the v before hitting the ground immediately=4.85m/s the v after hitting the ground immediately= 3.96m/s I considered the down positive, then v= u+at 3.96= 4.85+ (a*0.16) so a= -5.56m/s*s The answer is 55m/s*s The parts that I don't get are why it must be -3.96 and why that velocity becomes...- Lay1
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- Accelaration Acceleration Ball Contact Ground Velocity
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Contact and electromagnetic force
I don’t know what is contact force. Are friction and normal forces called contact forces? And we have to take the resultant of the two to get the net contact force?- rudransh verma
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- Classical mechanics Contact Electromagnetic Electromagnetic force Force
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Hertzian contact pressure & shear stress
Hello, I am trying to get some intuition about the direction of the shear stress caused by the Hertz contact pressure. Once I exert some pressure downwards on a spherical object the direction of the Hertz pressure will be upwards. However, this case some shear stress to exist, but I can't see...- curiousPep
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- Contact Direction Hertz Pressure Shear Shear stress Stress
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- Forum: Mechanical Engineering
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Points of contact and contaminations
My small blanket fell into the floor with a dry floor mat on it. I'd like to know what kind of contamination can occur here. That is, do only the dusts in the dry floor mat transfer to the blanket? Can the dusts be removed just by moving the blanket fast up and down? Or could there be bacterial...- jake jot
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- Contact Points
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- Forum: Materials and Chemical Engineering
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I What is the acceleration at the contact point between a wheel and surface?
Hello guys, I am getting more and more confused each time I try to get a definitive answer on this doubt: what's the acceleration at the contact point between a surface and a wheel spinning on it(without slipping). Considering this standard FBD for the above-described situation, (the direction... -
Engineering Contact mechanics - Thrust bearing
Hello, I am doing some contact mechanics and I had an example in my Lecture notes about a simple thrust bearing with three balls where the bottom plate is stationary, the top plate rotates with angular velocity w, and the cage rotates with angular speed Ω. It says by inspection Ω =w/2 but I...- curiousPep
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- Bearing Contact Mechanics Thrust
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- Forum: Engineering and Comp Sci Homework Help
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Hertz contact stress with prescribed displacement
Hi, one can easily find formulas for Hertz contact stress in various cases (two spheres, two cylinders and so on) when force is applied to one of the bodies. But how to get the equivalents of those formulas when prescribed displacement is used instead of stress ? For example, I’ve found this...- FEAnalyst
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- Contact Displacement Hertz Stress
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- Forum: Mechanical Engineering
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COVID Will a High Vaccination Rate Affect Contact Tracing?
I heard an immunologist say the other day that once a high vaccination rate is achieved, contact tracing will likely not be effective. I can sort of understand why. Does anyone from places with a high vaccination rate know if contact tracing is still an effective measure? It is very widely...- bhobba
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- Contact Rate tracing
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- Forum: Biology and Medical
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Dynamics motion problem with a disk in contact with a bar
First, I tried to model the disk-bar as a crank connecting rod, to the OA bar, and apply this: VP = VB + ω_BP x r_P/B, where P is the contact point between the disc and OA bar. I assumed VP = VP sin 30º i + VP cos 30º j (direction parallel to r_P/B), where r_P/B = sin 30º i + cos 30 j This...- Uchida
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- Contact Disk Dynamics Motion
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Engineering Zero Velocity & Acceleration of Point of Contact: Problem Explanation
For this question the ball is rolling without slipping so that means the velocity of the point of contact is zero. Does that also apply to the acceleration of the point of contact? Because that’s what I assumed and I applied the relative acceleration formula above and use the starting point to...- Pipsqueakalchemist
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- Acceleration Contact Explanation Point Velocity Zero
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- Forum: Engineering and Comp Sci Homework Help
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Engineering Crate lowered by two ropes and deceleration at each point of contact with rope
For this question, I don’t understand the steps for the relative motion part. When I try it I get angular acceleration to be zero which is obviously wrong. The solution doesn’t consider the Y distance between G and A but I don’t understand why. In the relative motion equation it’s suppose to be...- Pipsqueakalchemist
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- Contact Deceleration Point Rope
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- Forum: Engineering and Comp Sci Homework Help
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WhatsApp : Adding International Phone for Contact
Hi All, I am trying to add a new contact from WhatsApp that requires an international phone. I have done this a few times without problem, but that was way back. Now when I enter the contact and try to call, I get an error message to the effect that the number cannot be reached. I've been...- WWGD
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- Contact International
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- Forum: Computing and Technology
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B Gas Interaction in a Box: Force and Pressure Dynamics
There is a box ##\mathcal{B} \subseteq \mathbb{R}^3## with a partition coinciding with the plane ##z=0##. The gas in the region ##z<0## is initially at ##p_1## and the gas in the region ##z > 0## is initially at ##p_2##, where ##p_1 \neq p_2##. At time ##t=0##, the partition is removed (details...- etotheipi
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- Contact Gases
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- Forum: Classical Physics
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Analysis of a Frictional Contact Problem with Adhesion
Hi, I'd to work with a model which represents a contact problem. I want to suppose that f_0=0 and f_2=0 where f_0 is a density of body forces and f_2 is a density of surface tractions . I am mathematician so I don't know if the hypothesis that I'd to suppose will make the problem have a sense in... -
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I Does the Normal contact force act through the centre of mass?
Consider the following situation: You have 1 rectangular block lying on a table, and an identical block is placed above the block on the table. Now, this new block is constantly pushed to the right, right before it topples off. Consider the torque about an axis passing through the rightmost...- phantomvommand
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- Act Centre of mass Contact Contact force Force Forces Mass Mechanics Normal Torque
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- Forum: Classical Physics
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Welded plastic safe for mouth contact?
Hey guys. So I make pennywhistles. And its popular to make the heads out of acetal / delrin. So my question is, if I were to weld two parts together using a soldering iron or plastic welding tool, would it still be safe for mouth contact? My knowledge of this stuff is very limited. But from...- Narzog
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- Contact Plastic
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- Forum: Biology and Medical
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Speed for loss of of contact between a dumbbell and a table
Attempted solution: Consider the instant when the normal force of the lower ball is zero. Conserving energy: $$\frac{mv^2}{2}+mgh_1=\frac{mv_1^2}{2}+\frac{mv_2^2}{2} + mgh_2$$ Applying the resulting torque to the upper ball where the rotation point is the lower ball. $$T=I.a =...- A13235378
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- Contact Loss Speed Table
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Question about angular contact bearing mounting
Hi, In my memories there's the information that in a O shaped mounting, the bearings will work in diagonal (the forces will be transmitted following that path). But in many drawings I can see the presence of a spacer between internal rings. Is it necessary since no force should be transmitted to it?- Andrea Vironda
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- Angular Bearing Contact
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- Forum: Mechanical Engineering
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Different metals in contact with each other
I learned in school that when two different metals come in contact with each other accelerated corrosion will occur. How about alloy and metal with painted surface? For example, I think that stainless steel is very unreactive / non-reactive. Could it cause any accelerate corrosion to itself or... -
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I Multiple Universes Coming into Contact
Imagine there were two simultaneous Big Bangs, each producing an independent Universe, and well separated from each other at their formation. Presumably because each would have its own unique set of initial conditions and would follow its own development timeline, they would each have different...- saddlestone-man
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- Contact Multiple
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- Forum: Cosmology
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Engineering Contact pontential for a semiconductor
Anyone can help me, which formula I should use for this question?- Marcis231
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- Contact Semiconductor
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- Forum: Engineering and Comp Sci Homework Help
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Two cylinders rotating with contact at an angle (reformulation of the problem)
Some time ago there was a problem with the following picture somewhere out here. I think this problem was underestimated a little bit. Let us reformulate the problem. Assume that each cylinder, if it was not influenced by the other one, could rotate freely about its fixed axis. But the... -
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I How does contact occur at the atomic level?
When we touch something, will there always be a layer of air between us?- Johnny5454
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- Atomic Contact Qft
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- Forum: Atomic and Condensed Matter
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Surface tension and Young's contact angle
I came across this diagram, the ##\gamma##'s are supposedly forces per unit length of the respective interfaces: It's not clear what these forces are acting on. ##\gamma_{SL}## and ##\gamma_{LG}## look like they could be acting on a small bit of water right at the end, but I have no idea what...- etotheipi
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- Angle Contact Contact angle Surface Surface tension Tension
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- Forum: Mechanics
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Whom to contact about my improvement on telescope optics?
Hey guys. If you have a prototype of a new telescope, whom do you contact? This telescope uses the same lenses that we have but enhances their power in a n^4 So, if you have a lense that is supposed to magnify things twice, it'll magnify them 8 times. I just don't know whom to contact or where...- TimeDoctor
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- Contact Optics Telescope
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- Forum: DIY Projects
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What Is the Contact Patch Between a 0.5 mm Radius and a 3 mm Diameter Ball?
Hello friends! What is the contact patch between a radius of 0.5 mm (0.020”) and a 3 mm (0.125”) diameter ball? All i can find is that it it a Point. And points have location not dimensions.- Ranger Mike
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- Contact
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- Forum: Mechanical Engineering
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Is Contact Tracing Without Personal Data Collection Possible?
Thought the members here might like this explanation on how contact tracing apps can be made that collect no personal data. The design is quite clever at preventing situations where centralised databases collect information like who you are, where you’ve been, who you’ve met etc.- Ryan_m_b
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- Contact tracing
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Do you think we should attempt contact with aliens?
I would like to know your opinion about this. Do you think we should try to contact aliens? I think it's safe as long as we choose stars as old as the Sun or younger. I also think that, if a nearby civilization hasn't contacted with us yet, it's probably because they don't have the means to...- spacefan
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- Aliens Contact
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- Forum: General Discussion
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What is the contact force for a 20kg object with an acceleration of 2.7?
I have watched a couple of videos regarding contact force, but I am still confused in solving this problem. which is its contact force? Fc=ma =20kg x 9.8=196N ?? then what's the acceleration a=2.7 for? im kind of self-taught right now.. my professor does not explain these simple questions...- jamiebean
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- Contact Contact force Force
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Force acting on the contact area?
Material - SS 316- Rahul Baro
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- Area Contact Force
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- Forum: General Engineering
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What Happens to a Charged Sphere During Field Evaporation?
If you were to positively contact charge a small ~1 mm diameter sphere using a Van de Graaff generator, and were to charge it sufficiently high enough that field evaporation began to occur, what would happen? Would the rate of evaporation increase exponentially as the field strength would...- BrandonBerchtold
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- Charged Charged spheres Contact Evaporation Field Spheres
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- Forum: Electromagnetism
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How Long Does a Box Stay In Contact With a Spring as it Bounces Off of it?
T = 2π * √(2/300), T = .513 seconds. If I divide it by 4/3, I get a final answer of .385 seconds of touch. I know the box isn't attached for the entire oscillation, so T has to be divided. To me, it makes sense to divide it by 4/3 (when the box falls, the spring is compressed, hits...- Heyxyz
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- Box Contact Oscilation Simple hamonic motion Spring
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Number of pins? & Point of contact?
Hello.. I am confused in two questions. First one is i am designing 1 pin shaped which can mould the free form surface. i am confused in different type of shapes pin like circle, square, triangle..etc.. My question is if i am moulding a free form surface by these shape of pins which shape will...- Yogi patel
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- Contact Point
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- Forum: Mechanical Engineering
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I Metal Semiconductor contact (Part 2)
MOS (p type) 1) Figure a) and b) are the cases of strong inversion. Figure b)-For high frequency signals, electrons at the semiconductor oxide interface do not get enough time to change ( I follow that ), but how come the charge in the bulk close to the depletion region changes with these high...- Robotduck
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- Contact Semiconductor
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- Forum: Quantum Physics
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A Understanding the Charge Distribution at the Metal-Semiconductor Interface
Assume n type semiconductor: 1) Can the fermi level of metal change when it makes contact with the n type Semiconductor ? What assumptions do we make in ideal situation ? 2) Is the Schottky Barrier in Metal Semiconductor contact remains constant with an applied forward or reverse voltage ? 3) On...- Robotduck
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- Contact Semiconductor
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- Forum: Quantum Physics
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The motion of 2 objects in contact
For the non-circular object of mass m: From Newtons second law we get that F-N-T=ma where N is the force that the cylinder acts on the object. Replacing numbers: 13-N=2a. For the cylinder: From Στ=Τa(ang) we get that T'= 1/2ma or T'=a. Where T' is the friction that acts on the cylinder and we...- PhysicS FAN
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- Contact Motion
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Limit to generating static electricity via contact?
Let's say you are rubbing a balloon on your hair to make it charged. If you then discharge the balloon and rub it on your hair again (and repeat this process numerous times). Would your hair run out of electrons so eventually you would be unable to charge the balloon, or would your hair gain...- atommo
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- Contact Electricity Limit Static Static electricity
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- Forum: Electromagnetism
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Contact Stresses in Cantilevered Journal Bearing
I am trying to analyze the static stresses on a bronze bushing in a journal bearing if I was to use that journal bearing as a support for a cantilevered shaft. All the equations I have for contact stresses on the bushing suggest a uniformly distributed load across the entire bushing, which would...- jsed
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- Bearing Contact Journal
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- Forum: Mechanical Engineering
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Entropy change for water in contact with a reservoir
Problem Statement: 1 kg of water at 273 K is brought into contact with a heat reservoir at 373 K. When the water has reached 373 K, what is the entropy change of the water, of the heat reservoir, and of the universe? Relevant Equations: dS=Cp*(dT/T)-nR*(dP/P) dS=Cv*(dT/T)+nR*(dV/V) I am...- Parzeevahl
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- Change Contact Entropy Thermodynamics Water
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Physical explanation of eye contact
Is it not fascinating that you can feel eye contact on such distances we do? What is it that we actually detect? I understand that the eye absorb light, it may be the starting point for the explanation?- stubbe11
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- Contact Explanation Eye Physical
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Minimizing the area of a channel in contact with water
My problem: In the solution,our teacher found, that the wet section is minimal if y=L/2 So Am: = L^2 /2; Pm: = 2L; So despite that I try with any value, I can not find a more minimal section, and that's not the case because if I try with y = L / 3 I find Am: L^2/3; Pm: (5/3)*L ; and these...- Zouatine
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- Area Channel Contact Water
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help