Cylinder Definition and 1000 Threads
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How to Find Linear Acceleration Without Cylinder Radius?
This comes from a list of exercises, and setting ##m_1 = 5.4kg##, ##m_2 = 9.3kg## and ##F=5N##, the answer should yield ##2.19m/s^2## (of course, supposing the answer is right). If I knew the radius ##R## of the cylinder, I could find its momentum and use it to find the linear acceleration...- ricles
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- Cylinder Mechanics Rotating Rotation Support
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Moment of Inertia of a Solid Cylinder With a Wedge Removed
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- Cylinder Inertia Moment Moment of inertia Solid Wedge
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Cylinder rolling due to magnetic force
Hello! The magnetic force is to the right. ##I_c## is the moment of inertia of the cylinder. For the net force on the centre of mass, I have the frictional and magnetic forces ##F=F_B-f##. I know that ##F_B## is ##IdB##. I also know that ##rf=I_c\alpha=I_c\frac ar##, so that...- archaic
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- Cylinder Force Magnetic Magnetic force Rolling
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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B Volume of paraboloid in a cylinder
the equation of a parabola that is obtained by taking a cross-section passing through the center of the paraboloid is ##y = ax^2## breaking the paraboloid into cylinders of height ##(dy)## the volume of each tiny cylinder is given by ##\pi x^2 dy## since ##y = ax^2## we have ##\pi (y/a) dy##...- Hamiltonian
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- Cylinder Paraboloid Volume
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Surface integral: Calculate the heat flow from a cylinder
Hi, I am trying to calculate the heat flow across the boundary of a solid cylinder. The cylinder is described by x^2 + y^2 ≤ 1, 1 ≤ z ≤ 4. The temperature at point (x,y,z) in a region containing the cylinder is T(x,y,z) = (x^2 + y^2)z. The thermal conductivity of the cylinder is 55. The...- krihamm
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- Cylinder Flow Heat Heat flow Integral Surface Surface integral
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- Forum: Calculus and Beyond Homework Help
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Finding the inductance of a rotating cylinder shell
First, the correct answer is μ0*π*R^2. I tried to look at the cylinder like it was a solenoid, this technique was used in my class. Then I tried to find the current of the solenoid, to do that I looked at a piece of a solenoid with a legnth of dz, then: I=dq/dt=(2πRσ*dz)/(2π/ω)=ω*R*σ*dz. The...- Eitan Levy
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- Cylinder Inductance Rotating Shell
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Why Is Angular Momentum Not Conserved When a Cylinder Moves on a Stopping Board?
I've been trying to solve it mainly through conservation of momentum and angular momentum, appareantly it's not correct. My idea was: I, Moment of inertia = 0.5*m*r^2 L1, initial angular momentum = I * v/r After a board stops, the change in it's momentum is M*v, so the impulse of torque on the...- Mark128
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- Board Cylinder
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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MHB Apc.2.8.1 ap vertical circular cylinder related rates
$\tiny{2.8.1}$ The vertical circular cylinder has radius r ft and height h ft. If the height and radius both increase at the constant rate of 2 ft/sec, Then what is the rate at which the lateral surface area increases? \een $\begin{array}{ll} a&4\pi r\\ b&2\pi(r+h)\\ c&4\pi(r+h)\\ d&4\pi rh\\... -
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Ideal gas: two tanks connected by a cylinder
I ASSUME THAT THE PRESSES OF THE TWO CONTAINERS WILL BE EQUAL IN THE FINAL (STATIONARY REGIME). SO Pa = Pb naRTa/V = nbRTb/V naTa = nbTb Than , I just need to set up a system My question is , so, will the two pressures at the end be the same? And as for the temperatures, can I also say...- A13235378
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- Cylinder Gas Ideal gas
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Cylinder in a heat bath @ 0C contains water and ice & is compressed
You can use the change in volume to find how much ice turned into water, and then find the energy required to melt that ice - that I have no problems with. But then work done by piston = change in internal energy of ice/water combination (which we found) + heat released to the bath. And we...- zemaitistrys
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- Compressed Cylinder Heat Ice Water
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Number of balloons that can be filled from a gas cylinder
##\frac{P_{cylinder}.V_{cylinder}}{P_{balloon}.V_{balloon}}=\frac{n_{cylinder}.R.T}{n_{balloon}.R.T}## ##\frac{n_{cylinder}}{n_{balloon}}=\frac{4 \times 10^4 \times 2.5 \times 10^7}{7.24 \times 10^3 \times 1.85 \times 10^5} \approx 746## But the teacher said I should take the volume of gas...- songoku
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- Cylinder Gas gas cylinder
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"KICK" force exerted from a hydraulic cylinder
Hello,I am building a press that will squeeze hot steel ,back off .5"push hot steel in further and repeat.The cylinder is 4" bore , 1.375"rod and travel is 8" (the majority of squeeze will be at 5"of extension)at a max of 2500PSI. my question is when putting @15 tons straight down what will the...- mikeJay
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- Cylinder Force Hydraulic Hydraulic cylinder
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- Forum: General Engineering
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Question regarding the Pressure of a gas flowing from a cylinder into balloons
P1V1=P2V2 (2.5x10^7x4x10^4)/1.85x10^5 , V2 = 5.41x10^6 cm^3 5.41x10^6=4x10^4+7.24x10^3 N N= 741- zee123
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- Cylinder Gas Physics Physics homework Pressure
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Electric Field at the end of a Half-Infinite Cylinder
The approach used in the book uses polar coordinates. I was wondering if my approach would still be correct. I set up the problem such that the midpoint of one face of the cylinder is at the origin while the midpoint of the other end's face is at the point (##l##,0). The surface area of the...- cwill53
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- Cylinder Electric Electric field Field
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Stability of a floating cylinder
Now that is an evil question! The more interesting case looks like when the cylinder is upright, so that is what I focused on. I defined two coordinates; ##\theta##, the angular displacement of the cylinder from the vertical and ##d##, the distance between the point on the cylindrical axis which...- etotheipi
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- Cylinder Floating Stability
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Adiabatic expansion of a piston in a cylinder filled with ideal gas
I was puzzling over how to solve this and finally peeked at the solution. They used the relevant equation above. I disagree with this though. The problem specifically says “the piston is allowed to slide freely!” This means that we don’t let it happen slowly. So then we are not in...- Hiero
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- Adiabatic Adiabatic expansion Cylinder Expansion Gas Ideal gas Piston
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Misc. Pneumatic cylinder selection - Help calculating the force needed
This is my first post in this great community. English is not my native language, so i am sorry for any mistakes. I need to build a pill crusher using a pneumatic cylinder with 30mm stroke (effective travel). i have e metal container with 25mm base diameter where i have to make powder from 6-8...- Vatech
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- Cylinder Force Pneumatic
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- Forum: DIY Projects
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How do I spin a small cylinder longways?
Imagine laying a pencil down, and spinning it on its own graphite. What do you call that, "spinning" or "rotating"?- StevenRice
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- Cylinder Spin
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- Forum: Mechanical Engineering
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Electric Field of Point Charge at y=r and an Infinitely Long Cylinder
Let point charge q be at y=r. Let there be an infinite conducting plane along the x-axis and z-axis that is neutrally charged. In this case, the method of mirror charges can be used. The plane is replaced by a point charge -q at y=-r. The electric field for y > 0 is the same in both cases...- MrBlank
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- Charge Cylinder Electric Electric field Field Point Point charge
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- Forum: Electromagnetism
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Cylinder inside a cylindrical track
1) Conservation of energy ## mg(R-r)(1-cos \theta_0) = \frac{1}{2}mv^2 + \frac{1}{2} I \omega^2 ## because of pure rolling ## \omega = \frac{v}{r} ## So i got: ## v = \sqrt{\frac{4}{3} g (R-r) (1-cos(\theta_0))} ## this is how i got normal force: 2) ## N - mg = m \frac{v^2}{R-r} ## where v is...- Nexus99
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- Cylinder Cylindrical Mechanics Track
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Air Cylinder connected to a Lever that drives a Pulley for Applying Belt Tension
Hi, I am looking for some guidance on how to approach this calculation. I have an air cylinder operating a lever assembly that then applies pressure to a pulley of which a belt is wrapped around. I need the belt to have about 4500 lbs of tension. How do I work backwards to figure the required...- Jeremy Sawatzky
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- Air Belt Cylinder Lever Pulley Tension
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How many molecules will hit the cylinder: Was my solution correct?
This is what I did, the cross-sectional area of the cylinder is ##\pi 10^2 = 100\pi## cm. Further, as the cylinder is moving a distance of 50cm. Thus, the total volume of vacuum, object covers throughout its journey is ##100\pi \times 50 =5000\pi## cm. Assuming that the molecules are uniformly...- Nirmal Padwal
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- Cylinder Molecules
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Pulling a Cylinder: Understanding x, y & theta Relations
Basically, the problem is pretty easy if the constraints are understood, and this is my problem. I am trying to figure out some relation between x, y, and theta. I don't know if seeing by this way is the better attempt.- LCSphysicist
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- Cylinder
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Does moving an insulating cylinder produce a magnetic field?
Suppose that we have an insulating cylinder with ##\rho_q##. If i move the cylinder towards ##+\hat{n}##, will it produce a magnetic field? My assumption is that since we have an insulator, then the electrons are bound and there cannot be a current, thus a magnetic field is not produced. Also...- lelouch_v1
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- Cylinder Elecrtomagnetism Field Magnetic Magnetic field
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- Forum: Electromagnetism
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Pressure/force calculation for combustion in a cylinder
Hi. How do i calculate the dynamic combustion pressure, force and piston velocity for different fuels in a cylinder? Assuming perfect combustion and no thermal loss trough the walls and piston. I am thinking about an application similar to for example a fuel driven nail gun that runs on a...- Stormer
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- Calculation Combustion Cylinder
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- Forum: Mechanical Engineering
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I Area of a cylinder enclosing an ellipsoid
I.m not absolutely sure if this comes under physics or maths, so apologies if I've put it in the wrong place. It is well known that if a sphere is exactly enclosed by a cylinder, the area of the curved surface of the cylinder is equal to hat of the sphere. Does this also apply if the cylinder...- Mikestone
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- Area Cylinder Ellipsoid
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- Forum: General Math
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Properties of symmetric magnetic field around ##Z## axis (cylinder)
I am trying to understand but without a succes why symmetric magnetic field around ##Z## axis make that ##\hat \phi## magnetic field is zero I can't understand why it physically happens and also how can I derive it mathematically? What does the word symmetric means when talking about magnetic...- sagigever
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- Axis Cylinder Field Magnetic Magnetic field Properties Symmetric
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- Forum: Electromagnetism
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Magnetic field in a rotating uniformly-charged infinite cylinder
I am sure I need to use Amper's law to do that. if I use the equation I mentioned above it easy to calculate the right side of the equation but I have problem how to calculate the path integral. I know from right hand rule that the magnetic field will point at $$Z$$ and the current is in...- sagigever
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- Cylinder Field Infinite Magnetic Magnetic field Rotating
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Cylinder rolling without slipping on a truck
I don't know how to start it Is the truck who make the cylinder roll, initially? If yes, how? Since the truck force would pass by the center of the cylinder.- LCSphysicist
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- Cylinder Rolling Rolling without slipping Slipping Truck
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Gas - cylinder - piston problem
Summary:: Seeking explanation to classical gas - cylinder - piston problem, not the solution. Problem 1.15 from 7th edition of Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics by Smith, Van nes and Abbot) Classical problem, given: - gas in a confined cylinder - piston with weight is placed...- akmkeng
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- Chemical engineering Cylinder Gas Piston Piston cylinder Thermodynamics Work
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Maximizing the volume of a cylinder
Note this is in our Lagrangian Mechanics section of Classical Mechanics, so I assume he wants us to use Calculus of Variations to solve it. The surface area is fixed, so that'll be the constraint. Maximizing volume, we need a functional to represent Volume. This was tricky, but my best guess for...- CrosisBH
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- Calculus of variations Constrained optimization Cylinder Volume
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Releasing a hollow cylinder on a rotating disk
There is no net external torque since the cylinder is slipping (no friction), so the angular momentum should be conserved. $$L_f=\frac 12MR^2\omega_i=\frac 12\times3.8\times0.52^2\times50\times\frac{2\pi\times0.52}{60}$$- archaic
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- Cylinder Disk Hollow cylinder Rotating Rotating disk
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Cylinder Rolling Down an Incline Without Slipping
First we let the static friction coefficient of a solid cylinder (rigid) be ##\mu_s## (large) and the cylinder roll down the incline (rigid) without slipping as shown below, where f is the friction force: In this case, ##mg\sin(\theta)## is less than ##F_{max}##, where ##F_{CM,max}## is the...- Leo Liu
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- Ap physics (mechanics) Cylinder Incline Newtonian mechanics Rolling Rotational kinematics Slipping
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Cylinder rolling with a block inside it
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- Block Cylinder Rolling
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Object magnified inside a cylinder of water
Would you able to tell me what’s the ideal angle Of a curved glass in order to Magnify an object inside an aquarium to the maximum. Also what would be the ideal distance of the object inside the aquarium. Sorry if I didn’t explain myself properly. I‘m hopeful somebody would be able to explain it...- Make it glow art
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- Cylinder Magnification Refraction of light Water
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Forces on spheres in a cylinder
I literally don't know where to start with this, i drew a free body diagram to try and understand where the cylinder was affecting them, but it didn't get me anywhere- emmettfoner
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- Cylinder Forces Spheres
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Calculate the Pressure that Shrink film exerts on a cylinder
First off I am not sure if the equation is even suitable for solving this problem. Secondly, I have no idea how to determine the tension the shrink film can provide. Furthermore, I also think the radius of the film tube has a influence on the pressure, I guess in this problem the tube is...- Sjaak
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- Cylinder Film Pressure
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What are the coordinates of the upper cylinder? (and some algebra)
I was solving a problem and got stuck in two aspects: 1) Geometric issue. Alright, I understand that the coordinates of the lower cylinder are $$( -R \theta_1, R)$$ The coordinates of the upper cylinder are: $$( x_1 + 2R \sin \theta, 3R - 2(R-\cos \theta))$$ I get that the ##x##...- JD_PM
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- Algebra Coordinates Cylinder
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- Forum: Advanced Physics Homework Help
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Heat transfer through a MultiLayer Cylinder (find the Temperature inside)
Hello, I am a Mechanical Engineer a little out of practice on Heat transfer. I am trying to solve this problem. It must be solvable but i have yet to find right equations online. I have a multi Layer Cylinder made up of C350 marraging Steel,Zinc Alloy-12 , then 6061 Aluminum T6. All that is...- Jweck002
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- Cylinder Engineering and design Heat Heat and mass transfer Heat transfer Mechanical engineering Temperature Thermodyamics
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- Forum: Mechanical Engineering
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Partial Derivative of a formula based on the height of a cylinder
The function should use (r,z,t) variables The domain is (0,H) Since U is not dependent on angle, then theta can be ignored in the expression for Laplacian in cylindrical coordinates(?)- currently
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- Cylinder Derivative Formula Height Partial Partial derivative Partial differential equations
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- Forum: Advanced Physics Homework Help
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Magnetic field of a rotating cylinder with permanent polarization
I am struggling to get my work to match the posted solutions to this problem. I understand part (a) but can’t get the integral to work out for (b). I know I have to use Biot-Savart and add up the components from the the surface and volume currents. The cylinder is very long, so I need to make a...- astrocytosis
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- Current density Cylinder Field Magnetic Magnetic field Magnetism Polarization Rotating
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- Forum: Advanced Physics Homework Help
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Calculating Flux over the closed surface of a cylinder
I wanted to check my answer because I'm getting two different answers with the use of the the Divergence theorem. For the left part of the equation, I converted it so that I can evaluate the integral in polar coordinates. \oint \oint (\overrightarrow{V}\cdot\hat{n}) dS = \oint \oint...- HRubss
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- Closed Cylinder Flux Surface
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- Forum: Calculus and Beyond Homework Help
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Find the potential V(r, φ) inside and outside the cylinder
Not even sure where to start.- nickap34
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- Cylinder Outside Potential
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- Forum: Advanced Physics Homework Help
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Mass fraction and volume of a gas in a cylinder
I have attached the full answer in PDF file. I'm not sure about the answers. will really appreciate if they get checked- Sabra_a
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- Cylinder Fraction Gas Mass Volume
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Proving Vorticity of Flow in Rotating Cylinder
Can someone check if my answer is correct please? Question: If liquid contained within a finite closed circular cylinder rotates about the axis k of the cylinder prove that the equation of continuity and boundary conditions are satisfied by u = ΩxR where Ω = Ωk is the constant angular velocity...- Raees
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- Cylinder Flow Rotating Vorticity
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- Forum: Advanced Physics Homework Help
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How fast will two spinning weighted wheels propel a 7 lb cylinder?
Hello, I am hoping someone on the forum can help me. I am designing a machine to move a cylindrical weight between to high speed rollers. The system is comprised of two weighted drive wheels being spun by motors positioned one above the other as shown in the sketch. The weighted drive wheels... -
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Calculating Shear Force between a Moving Film and a Cylinder
If I have a catheter covered in a thin sheathe (think a cylinder, covered by a thin plastic film), how should I go about calculating the shear force it takes to unsheathe the catheter from the sheath (no torque here, just the catheter moving in and out)? I've thought about strain gauges (but...- MartinSa
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- Biomedical engineering Cylinder Film Force Mechanical engineering Shear Shear force Shear stress
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- Forum: Mechanical Engineering
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Rotating cylinder rolling without slipping in a B field
Firstly, I need to determine what the electric field is causing. Using left hand rule, the force due to the field is acting down the slope. Hence my FBD looks like: Where the two arrows pointing towards the right represent the force due to the field and weight of the cylinder. Since ...- jisbon
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- B field Cylinder Field Rolling Rolling without slipping Rotating Slipping
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Pneumatic cylinder and working speed
we have a pick & place application so please give the solution for that data cylinder stoke length 200mm, travel distance 200mm ,what is the picking time?- ganesh1984
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- Cylinder Pneumatic Speed
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- Forum: Mechanical Engineering
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Need help with Poisson's equation for a charged cylinder
So I'm trying to solve for the field and potential inside and outside of an infinite cylinder with uniform charge to length density. Using Gauss' law I am able to do this very easily and get the answers. ## V = \left(\frac {-\lambda} {2\pi\epsilon} \right) \ln\left(\frac b a \right)## for...- snatchingthepi
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- Charged Cylinder
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- Forum: Advanced Physics Homework Help