Core Definition and 469 Threads

  1. J

    What is Common Core 32 -12 and how can I solve it?

    I am trying very desperately to figure out this specific problem I don't need examples of other problems i need this very very specific problem before i loose my freaking mind. Please someone explain this and show me how it works I am extremely desperate. I am told this is some sort of key, I do...
  2. Spinnor

    Stimulated virtual W+, W- when supernova core-> neutron star?

    Stimulated virtual W+, W- when supernova core--> neutron star? Weak interactions allow supernova core electrons and protons to convert to neutrons and neutrinos allowing (under the right conditions) the formation of a neutron star? Large numbers virtual W+ and W-bosons are produced in a short...
  3. A

    Polarity of 3p core transformer

    I have a 380V,3 phase core type transformer which is being used as AC line choke in the incomer of a VFD.As we are using only the inductance property of the transformer,I was just wondering whether we could connect R phase of the supply to any winding and then follow the phase sequence...
  4. L

    Saha Equation: Unravelling the Mystery of Hydrogen Ionization in Sun's Core

    In the picture, I have the question and the Saha Equation. I have all the correct answers for all the variables and constants on the right side of the equation, and I've done the calculation twice, and I'm getting an answer of 1.56x10-28 That is equal to the left side, which is NII/(NI+NII). NII...
  5. D

    Does Every Iron Core Have the Same Relative Permeability?

    B = μ0nI Usually, the value of B is quite small... I'd like to boost the magnetic field B to a much larger and stronger field, and the most efficient way I find to do that is using a high permeability core B = ku0nI. What is the average μr of an iron core? They range from what value? Do all...
  6. W

    Newbie questions about core mechanics topics

    I am a newbie to physics forums and I would like to say thank you to the creators of this site because it is going to be a huge help to me and my future endeavors into physics! I honestly do not know how it took me so long to find a forum with this kind of topic as I have been a member of cloudy...
  7. D

    Find the Current and Flux Density in a Feromagnetic Core

    Homework Statement A ferromagnetic core is shown the figure below. The depth of the core is 5 cm. The other dimensions of the core are as shown in the figure. Find the value of the current that will produce a flux of 0.003 Wb. With this current, what is the flux density at the top of the...
  8. J

    Ferrite core variable inductor

    Hi all, I'm working on designing a variable inductor using a ferrite core. The basic idea is that I have a large wound inductor on the central arm which I pass a DC-current through, and a smaller, variable inductor on one of the side arms. As you increase the current through the main winding...
  9. J

    General homogeneous shrinking core problem

    Hi Guys, First post here. I'm just wondering if anyone could lend a helping hand in the following derivation. It is taken from Ishida AIChE J 14 (1968) 311 (also very similar to that derived by Ausman Chem Eng Sci 17 (1962) 323) and concerns the derivation of the general non-catalytic shrinking...
  10. K

    Why not just pour a ton of boron into the core?

    In case of a meltdown wouldn't large amounts of boron dust dumped over the core eat up all the free neutrons?
  11. G

    How to use MCNP to calculate power distribution for a reactor core?

    Assume no boron and all control rods out, so the core is super-critical. if KCODE mode is used, and F4 card is for tally the neutron for each assamblies. Can the results represent the power distribution of the core, whether the multiply-factor can affect. the results i get (power...
  12. R

    Question regarding earth's core and volume

    The question simply asks (read slowly): What fraction of the earth’s volume is the molten part of the core? I think I'm suppose to use the following equation since it has been stated in the book (though, I'm not entirely sure if I should): surface area–to–volume ratio = (surface...
  13. J

    Core saturation in transformers

    Hello, I am currently working with mono phase transformers. I would like to know if there is an equation to calculate the voltage when the core saturates so I can compare with my practical results with. Thank you very much João
  14. L

    Electromagnet with External Iron 'Core'

    Is there a reason why a wire coil inside of an iron pipe wouldn't work as an electromagnet?
  15. D

    Is the inner core of earth affected by the moon?

    If so, how??
  16. L

    Core falling out of electromagnet

    Hello, I'm trying to levitate the iron core of an electromagnet at a certain postion. How can I calculate what the minimum currennt is that I need to put on the electromagnet to prevent the core from falling out at the bottom? Is there an equation to know at what position the core will be...
  17. Dotini

    Earth's core rotates both directions

    Research indicates the Earth's magnetic field drives contra-rotating solid and liquid cores. Interaction between the two layers is believed to generate the Earth's magnetic field. Somehow that sounds funny, but I guess it must be so. “The magnetic field pushes eastwards on the inner core...
  18. B

    Understanding Nuclear Core: Fuel Rod Composition and Control Rod Function

    I know the Fuel Rods are 12 Feet long Tubes made of Zirconium Alloy. And they fill them with Uranium Oxide Pellets. And the Control Rods are inserted inbetween them to slow down the reaction. And the Control Rods are made of Boron. But is the Control Rods Tubes filled with Boron...
  19. N

    Generating 3V-5V with magnetic core coil?

    Hi guys, I'm wondering whether I'd be able to generate around 3V - 5V with a magnetic coil using a high turn ratio in the presence of a changing magnetic field. I know guitar coils can generally produce around 500mV - 1V, I wish to generate around 3V -5V even if it is for a very short time...
  20. 7

    Atom Emitting Photon: Energy Conservation

    I have come across a problem which is a homework indeed, but i tried to pack this question up so that it is more theoretical. What i want to know is if i am alowed to write energy conservation for an atom which emitts a photon (when his electron changes energy for a value ##\Delta E##) like...
  21. 7

    Uncertainty of an electron in a core

    Lets say we put an electron in a box (spherical) which has a radius ##r##. I want to know if position uncertainty ##\Delta x = r## or is it ##\Delta x = 2r##? I need to know this to corectly calculate 1st the momentum uncertainty ##\Delta p=\frac{\hbar}{2\Delta x}## and 2nd that kinetic...
  22. C

    Relativistic Treatment of Core Electrons (DFT)

    I realize this is something I should probably know intuitively, but why are core states (generally) treated relativistically in density functional calculations? What exactly makes these relativistic bound states rather than non-relativistic? I think this is some basic physics I'm forgetting.
  23. sas3

    Parallella 16/64 Core - Kickstarter Program

    Just wondering if anyone here got into the Kickstarter program for this. http://www.parallella.org/2013/06/29/parallella-open-source-hardware/"][/PLAIN] http://www.parallella.org/2013/06/29/parallella-open-source-hardware/ Looks very interesting, the 1st ones are being shipped out...
  24. J

    When the earth's core melted, did the diameter of the earth increase?

    Solids tend to expand when heated or when they transition to a liquid. Is this thermal expansion a factor in the earth? If the diameter/volume increases, this would cause the surface area to increase also. This would lead to cracks, rifts or faults in the crust of the earth. Could this be a...
  25. J

    Quad Core vs Dual Core: Which is Better for a Physics Major's Laptop?

    As a soon to be physics major I am about to purchase a laptop. However, I can't decide what I want. Should I go for a laptop with a dual core processor with a higher clock rate or a quad core processor with a slower clock rate. The laptop with the quad core is a bit out of my price range but I...
  26. D

    Magnetic Energy of Solenoid With/Without Core

    I have a question about solenoids. The formula for the magnetic field energy density is: \frac{1}{2}\frac{B^{2}}{μ} If I have an air-filled core, then μ=μ0. If I have a steel core, then μ will be ~ 100μ0. This implies that an air-filled core solenoid stores more energy than a steel core...
  27. T

    Understanding Sturm-Liouville Problems: Implications and Solutions

    I'm trying to understand how to solve PDEs that are Sturm Liouville problems. I've read a couple of presentations about this, but I'm lost as to the implications for the solution process. Most descriptions discuss putting the second order differential equation into a Sturm-Liouville form...
  28. 2

    How to Calculate Windings for a 1 T Solenoid Electromagnet with Iron Core

    How do i calculate the amound of windings I need to make an solonoid electro magnet with around 1 T.. I checked with google, and there seesm to be a lot of different formulaes which confusses me alot..
  29. M

    Eddy current losses in core of a electromagnetic motor

    Hi here, I am trying to make an efficient ribbon microphone motor. My target is to get a highest possible output voltage so it can be plugged into a regular mic pre-amp. It should have possibly flat output on frequences 20Hz to 20KHz. I know that electric output depends on magnetic field...
  30. J

    Stress of a material with a core

    If I have a rod with a steel core bonded to an aluminum shell, how can I find the stress in the rod when it is subjected to a temperature change? I know how to find the stress due to temp change if the tool is made of the same material throughout, but how do I do it if there are two? I...
  31. S

    Finding Core Number On Queue and LSF

    I’m trying to find out the largest number of cores that can be used on a specific queue in LSF with the bqueues command. I’ve used the option –l after reading the manual, but I don’t see any information about cores listed. Any suggestions? Thanks.
  32. M

    Is the Earth's Core Solid or Liquid?

    Hi Guys, This may seem like a stupid question but if the Earth gets hotter the closer to the core you get, then why is the inner core apparently solid? Yet the outer core is liquid? They are both (inner/outer cores) made of roughtly the same stuff, and assuming pressure alone is what...
  33. S

    How to incorporate core losses in an ANSOFT 2D transformer model

    I am designing a 2D model of a three-phase core-type transformer in ANSOFT MAXWELL 14.0. While doing so I have encountered a strange problem. Start of the problem:- While designing the transformer, I wanted to incorporate core losses. So, I did the following steps:- Excitations -> Set...
  34. D

    What core design of an electromagnet will maximize field at more distance

    Given the same voltage and current, hence electrical power, what kind of core design can maximize the "reach" of an electromagnet? For example, with the magnet above a table, axis pointing down at the table, attempting to lift a small iron washer, is there a core design that significantly...
  35. F

    Magnetic field of iron core solenoid

    When we calculate magnetic field of iron core solenoid, should we multiply "relative permeability" or "effective permeability"? I thought that we should use relative permeability, but wiki(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solenoid) says that we should use effective permeability. I'm so...
  36. J

    Why the core spin faster than the manlte

    This is more of a question. I don't have a background in physics as you might notice. I am looking for a little help. Why the core spins faster than the crust? At a point the earth’s rotation was much faster, both core and out layers pretty much at the same speed. Both the moon and space...
  37. R

    Transformer output indepedent of core permeability

    I am having trouble pinning down why the relative permeability of a transformer core will not directly affect the output voltage. In fact the voltage is determined by the turns ratio and is independent of mu of core material. Given this where is the flaw in the following reasoning: Induced...
  38. C

    Why Does Earth Have an Iron Core?

    Why is Earth's nucleus mostly made from iron?
  39. K

    Upcoming 8-Core Processors: Release Date, Compatibility, and Performance

    When are the long awaited 8-core processors from AMD and Intel going to be commercially available? Will they use current sockets and chipsets or require new ones? What kind of applications would fully make use of an 8-core 16-thread processor? Certainly there aren't any PC games that would need...
  40. D

    Relationship Between Surface and Core Temperature of Steel

    Hey guys, First off, I apologize if this is in the wrong section. I am currently an intern taking 6 months off from my senior year pursuing a mechanical engineering degree. Having not taken a heat transfer class yet, I am stumped as to how to go about tackling my latest project. Basically...
  41. J

    Transformer Core: Questions About Lamination & Soldering

    hello i have a question about the transformer core.when we make it's core,we usually make it laminated to reduce eddy currents.but i saw that there is a soldeing in the corner of the transformer core.why we do this ?
  42. V

    Power Density of the Sun's Core.

    Hi guys, I've recently stumbled on an interesting article highlighting a point by james jean that a pinhead of 1mm (I took this to mean that it was a box of 1mm sides so 1E-9m3 volume) heated to 15 million kelvin, sun's core, could kill a person 84 miles away. I tried working this out using...
  43. S

    Refractive Index of Optical Fibre Core and Cladding

    Homework Statement I need to find the refractive indexes of the core and cladding of an optical fibre by using the specs found here http://www.photonics.byu.edu/FiberOpticConnectors.parts/images/smf28.pdf Then I'm suppose to calculate the Numerical aperture and compare it with the one listed...
  44. J

    Current Transformers on each core of a 3 phase line

    Hi folks, I'm a Mech Eng who is trying his hand at some Electrical design so please forgive my ignorance. My set-up is as follows: I have a 3 phase source powering a 3 phase induction motor. If I then went half way along my power cable and put a separate current transformer on each of the...
  45. V

    When is a magnetic core considered saturated ? At 50% of core - 100%?

    When is a magnetic core considered "saturated"? At 50% of core - 100%? So I am doing some simulations of inductors on the Ansys Maxwell software for electromagnetic simulation. I have a simple inductor with a Metglas core and copper coil. I'm trying to figure out what current is required to...
  46. B

    Opposing rotation of the Earth's core

    I heard an interesting proposal - it sounds plausible but I'm here to see what you guys think. It is a way of explaining a diverse set of natural phenomena on Earth with one mechanism - rotation. The proposal is this: The core of the Earth rotates in the opposite direction to the Earth's...
  47. K

    Earths core and mantle producing plate tectonics?

    If Earths core were larger taking up say 70% of its radius and the mantle were smaller. Would there be more or less plate tectonics?
  48. S

    Electromagnetism with an iron core

    Homework Statement When we have an iron core in a solenoid, the iron core will become magnetised. But if I were to put a piece of iron in front of the iron and solenoid the piece of iron will come out like in a door chime. But as it comes out, will the magnetic field be stretched and elongated...
  49. Alesak

    NASA NASA picks another Mars flight to explore its core

    http://phys.org/news/2012-08-nasa-mars-flight-explore-core.html Aww. Titan Mare Explorer looks way more exciting to me, even if we had results only when I'm 37 years old.
  50. S

    Electromagnetic induction on iron core question

    Homework Statement An iron core with a solenoid coiled around it is in a circuit with a switch and a dc current supply. In front of it, there is a iron ring tied to the ceiling such that it faces the solenoid without touching the circuit. When the switch is turned on what is observed and...
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