Deflection Definition and 500 Threads

Homework Statement In an inkjet printer, letters are built up by squirting drops of ink at the paper from a rapidly moving nozzle. The pattern on the paper is controlled by an electrostatic valve that determines at each nozzle position whether ink is squirted onto the paper or not. The ink...

Homework Statement Dear friendes, I have just measured the strain of a composite plate at it's surface. It was an impact test. I have only epslon x. How can I find the plate defection? Plate size is equal to 10*10*0.2 cm. Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution

Question: An electron with a velocity of 3.00x10^6m/s[horizontally] passes through two horizontal parallel plates, as in the attached diagram. The magnitude of the electric field between the plates is 120N/C. The plates are 4.0cm across. Edge effects are negligible. a) Calculate the vertical...

Homework Statement A student proposes to measure the gravitational constant G by suspending two spherical objects from the ceiling of a tall cathedral and measuring the deflection of the cables from the vertical. If two 155.0 kg objects are suspended at the lower ends of cables 40.00 m long...

Homework Statement Need to determine the maximum deflection of the beam, by using double integration, and EI is constant. ...>...< _______(_______)_______ ^........o |<--a-->|<--a-->|<--a-->| Tried to draw this the best I could. It is a simply supported beam, with a...

hello everyone. i want to know that can we treat stepped shaft as a beam while finding the deflection. if yes then how do we find the deflection of a stepped shaft made of cs1030 steel. its first half is 50 mm radius and is 2440 mm long while the second half is 35mm radius and 800mm long...

Is there a formula relating the free resonating frequency of a cantilever to its deflection? Thanks!

Is it possible for a beam of slow neutrons, to be deflected by a strong magnetic field? I have found something for a beta asymmetry in Wu experiments, but haven't understood much. Is it a particle physics subject?

Anyone has come across the problem of a cable deflection (static) under the effects of wind? Iam looking into the problem of the deflection of the electric contact wire of a train (the wire above the train from which it extracts electric energy) under the effects of side winds and I wonder how...

I've always been fascinated by Einstein’s theories about the speed of light and have always wondered about something that I've never been able to find the answer to. Any books I read were either too simple and did not address my question or too complex that I didn't understand it. It's time I...

Homework Statement Electrons which have been accelerated from rest through a potential of 500 V pass between two parallel plates that are 6.0 cm long and 2.0 cm apart, with a potential of 150 V between them. The screen is 20 cm beyond the end of the charged plates. What is the size of the...

I am wondering if: 1. Is it possible to design such system? I am trying to induce the Aluminium Tin, then deflect it using a positively charged metal plate. 2. If so, what is the cost needed? Let say I want to deflect the tin for about 5cm from the center, and the size of the design should...

bending for beam -- deflection Homework Statement bending for beam -- deflection Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution

Hello- This isn't a homework problem, but a real life problem. I'm trying to size a beam for a set of stairs that I'm trying to design. I have some material picked out, and it looks strong enough, but when I try to run some numbers to confirm, they don't appear to match what I've experienced in...

in a magnetic field the force is toward the center of the circular path, does this mean lightning deflects to the West ? in the western US at least.

Hello, thanks for even stopping in here... My Q: (and beggin' for help ;/ ) Is there a basic mathematical "sentence", where you can "plug in" variables, ie- Vel / angle / projectile weight/ target impacted (makeup) ,etc? I, and this will probably make you laugh, am TERRIBLE @ math. I...

Homework Statement The needle of a moving coil meter gives a full-scale deflection for a current of 50uA. What current would give a full-scale deflection if the magnetic field weakened to 80% of its original value? Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution Decrease magnetic...

Can anybody tell me how to work out the deflection of a cantilever beam with a stepped diameter? I have looked through Roark's Formulas but can't seem to be able to do it The diameter of the beam would vary from 5mm to 3mm and back up to 5mm. I have attached a pic to explain. Thanks for...

A magnetic field deflects an electron beam, but it can not do any work on the beam. Why? a. since the magnetic force on the beam is zero b. since the acceleration of the beam is zero c. since the magnetic force is perpendicular to the trace of the beam d. none of them

hello all, first post here so don't bite. if a perfect strut was compressed by an 2 imaginary point forces acting exactly on its centroid, and ignoring outside effects, would it bend laterally, and why so? when I say perfect, i mean ignore all consequences of practicality, ie. the alignment...

How do I calculate a deflection under a point load?

regarding this equation, \delta = (PL^3)/(48EI) does it only apply for maximum deflection, or will it give me the corresponding beam deflection with any given load? if not what other equations are there? thanks.

I have to find the angle of deflection caused by the rotation of the Earth on a freely hanging plumb bob at 35 degrees north latitude. I have been struggling with this, I thought I had solved it, but it is different from the answer in the back of the book, so I thought I would ask for some...

If a baseball player throws a ball a horizontal distance of 100 m at 30degrees latitude in 4s, by how much is it deflected laterally as a result of the rotation of the earth? Well I think i use the equation f = -2Ω u sinΦ where Ω is 7.29x10-5 but i am not sure where all of the...

Hi, someone asked me how light would be deflected when the sun were moving at high speed along the light ray. The simple answer is: transform in the sun´s rest frame, calculate the deflection and transform back to the observer´s frame. The result is that the deflection would be greater when...

Here's the problem: Ink-jet printers work by deflecting moving ink droplets with an electric field so they hit the right place on the paper. Droplets in a particular printer have mass 1 x 10^-10 kg, charge 2.1 pC, speed 12 m/s, and pass though a uniform 97-kN/C electric field in order to be...

An electron with a kinetic energy 5000.0 eV (1 eV = 1.602×10-19 J) is fired horizontally over a charged plate with surface charge density +2.0 μC m-2. Taking the positive direction to be upwards (away from plate), what is the vertical deflection of the electron after it has traveled a horizontal...

I want to know in mechanics of materials what is the real objective of finding the deflections at various points in structures like 1)deflection in the end of an axially loaded bar 2)vertical deflection along the beam length 3)beam slope along the beam length 5)torsion bar twist...

if i have a bending curve eqn of w'(x) = (q/6)<x-l>^3 - ql/4 <x-0>^3 - 3ql/4 <x-l>^2 + (9ql^3)/24 suppose to find the deflection of maximum of the beam, we have to set w'(0)=0 .Am i right?? then if it is right,how can i find the value for x on which the max bending occur because i don't...

if i have a bending curve eqn of w'(x) = (q/6)<x-l>^3 - ql/4 <x-0>^3 - 3ql/4 <x-l>^2 + (9ql^3)/24 suppose to find the deflection of maximum of the beam, we have to set w'(0)=0 .Am i right?? then if it is right,how can i find the value for x on which the max bending occur because i don't...

Heat Deflection Coatings? Hello all... I was wondering if there was anything I could readily use as a coating for piston heads that will reflect the heat, such as ceramics or something that could be done at home? Thanks

Hi I am in a competition where I have to use the deflection of a polystyrene beam to launch a projectile. Styrofoam is rather brittle but it is the only material we are allowed to use (it's cheap). I have a geometry all set but I was wondering if there is any possible way to treat the styrofoam...

We usually go over stuff after getting the assignments, so I have no clue how to start this question. Figure 23N-14 shows the deflection-plate system of a conventional TV tube. The length of the plates is 3.2 cm and the electric field between the two plates is 10^6 N/C (vertically up). If the...

I'm really stuck on this questions, I don't even know where to start, can anyone help me? A particle of mass m1 and velocity v1 collides with a stationary mass m2. After the collision, the two masses are deflected as shown in the diagram. Show that the angle of deflection Angle2 of m2 is...

Ok...I've struggled with this. Let's say I'm dropping a mass from height h from the Earth's surface. Since I'm considering this as a non-inertial reference frame, I understand that there is an easternly deflection. I've done the calculation and end up with...

hey, doing some revision and am getting slightly confused. When Rutherford did his experiment when did deflection occur and when did defraction occur? Is it when a alpha paticle is fired through gold foil (10^-6 thick) it defracted, and when alpha is fired through a necleus it deflected. Any...

If two cantilever beams are fixed at Left Hand Side (LHS) and joined to each other by means of a prop at RHS, how do i calculate the downwards vertical deflection of the bottom beam? The solution i need to prove is (5WL^3)/(48EI)-top deflection. However, i always seem to get a 7 where...

Hi, I am working on a project where I have an I-Beam supporting a cantilevered load. ..........W IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ///////// For ease of fabrication, I need change the cross section of this I-beam. Due to other limitations: 1. I cannot...

An electron is traveling horizontally at a speed of 8.70 x 10^6 m/s enters an electric field of 1.32 x 10^3 N/C between two horizontal parallel plates as described in the diagram. Calculate the vertical displacement of the electron as it travels between the plates. How do I go about solving...

Deflection in "Plate" Hi, question is kind of based on another problem I'm trying to solve. I'm trying to find a max force from a falling object without knowing deflection or time, but that thread is in College Homework Help, because the problem to me resembles it. Anyways, my approach to...

I'm not sure the formula to use to calculate the deflection of a beam. Here's the information I have got. Steel beam is 50 feet long. There is a 6,000 pound load in the middle(all other loads are disregarded. The modulus of elasticity is 29,000,000 psi. Moment of inertia is 850 inches^4...

an object of 3.8g moves @ 180m/s perpendicular to a magnetic field of (5x10^-5)T the object possesses a net charge of (8.1x10^-9)C by what distance will it be deflected from its pathe due to the magnetic field after it has traveled 1.0 km so I'm guessing I'll have to find out the...

I eventually want to simulate cosmic ray propagation in a random magnetic field, but will start with a particle of some charge in a uniform field. In order to simulate it, what I think needs to be done is to create a 3d array of points, with a value for the magnetic field magnitude and...

ok here's my problem(s)... I think the first one I'm missing something... it says: A particle initially moving south in a vertically downward magnetic field is deflected toward the east. What is the sign of the charge on the particle? Explain your answer with a diagram. So the way I...

When a photon is deflected by the sun will it be deflected by twice the Newonian expectation for any distance from the centre of the sun or will the difference between the deflection relativity gives and Newtonian gravity gives change with distance?

I am inquiring if anyone knows the equation for how a photon is deflected by an electromagnetic field? What is the official physical phenomenological terminology for this effect? Can a pure strong magnetic field alone deflect a photon? What is the equation that describes this effect?

When an elastic beam AB supports a block of weight W at a given point B, the deflection y_s (static deflection) is proportional to W. Show that if the same block is dropped form a height h onto the end B of a cantilever beam, the maximum deflection y_m = y_s(1 + (1+\frac{2h}{y})^\frac{1}{2})...

k, Here's the problem: An electron is accelerated horizontally from rest in a television picture tube by a potential difference of 24600 V. It then passes between two horizontal plates 6.08 cm long and 1.42 cm apart that have a potential difference of 236 V. At what angle theta (in degrees)...

Here's a lil question: If you have a rod of which an end is clamped to a table and you apply a force somewhere on the rod, what will the deflection be (in terms of difference in the height of the other end of the rod? For sure it will be proportional to the force and to some power of the...

A plastic pellet has a mass of 7.5 X 10^-10 kg and carries a charge of 2.00 X 10^-9 C. The pellet is fired horizontally betweenm a pair of oppositely charged parallel plates. If the electric field strength between the plates is 9.20 X 10^4 N/C and the pellet enters with an initial speed of 150...