Machine Definition and 918 Threads

Requirements: Between .5cm and 1cm large. It must negotiate 3-D space in an air atmosphere. It must be capable of autonomous existence. It must be capable of high-g acceleration to rapidly start and stop. It must be able to remain stationary on a surface at any spatial orientation. It...

Hi all, I'm going to design a ball launcher machine, but I've no idea where to start from.. this is the ball type: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepak_Takraw how do i judge the power and rpm required for the motor?? as i know, there is a initial velocity required for the roller, so the...

I want to play with gears - make my own and such. (They'd be custom, so it's not like I could put in an order for them to be made.) What are my options for getting access to the right machines?

if our weight is 42 kg in a weighing machine , in reality is it more or less than 42 kg?

A local hospital has just opened a breast feeding clinic for young mothers. The phone number for the clinic is very similar to mine. The clinic number ends in 65, mine ends in 56. I never bother to jump up and answer my phone because old geezers shouldn't have to do that.:devil: About...

In the figure below, the pulley is a solid disk of mass M and radius R, with rotational inertia (MR2)/2. Two blocks, one of mass m1, and one of mass m2, hang from either side of the pulley by a light cord. Initially, the system is at rest, with Block 1 on the floor and Block 2 held at height h...

hello alll I am designing a gearbox for milling machine. For Finite element Method purpose, what are the input data (such as cutting force, spindle speed or load torsion moment) most influencing to structure of the gearbox? I am using FEM software for calculating the structure of this gearbox

Homework Statement A machine part is undergoing SHM with a frequency of 5 Hz and an amplitude of 1.8 cm. How long does it take the part to go from x=0 to x=-1.80 cm ? Homework Equations x = Acos (ωt + φ) The Attempt at a Solution 1.80 cm = 1.80 cm * cos (ωt + φ) ω = 2πf = 2π*...

Homework Statement Useing atwood machine, determine acceleration, knowing weight of mass to be pulled and mass pulling, distance mass travels, and information provided by photogate[which we don't understand what exactly this information is] Homework Equations Unknown... The Attempt at a...

Homework Statement Given the system shown, if the pulley has frictionless bearings, find a, the magnitude of the acceleration of the masses. This is a modified Atwood's machine, instead of the 2nd mass hanging however, it is stationary on a table. The pulley is at the edge of the table...

Hello, I'm wondering what sort of areas would be useful in postgrad study in machine learning and AI. At the moment I'm in Arts majoring in mathematics and logic/philosophy of science. I'm planning to keep these two majors, as statistics and discrete mathematics will be useful in AI/machine...

Homework Statement In the Atwood machine shown below, m1 = 2.00 kg and m2 = 7.50 kg. The masses of the pulley and string are negligible by comparison. The pulley turns without friction and the string does not stretch. The lighter object is released with a sharp push that sets it into motion at...

Machine Gun Momentum Question [Please help!] Homework Statement A machine gun is attached at one end of a 10m long stationary flatcar and fires towards the other end. Determine the average recoil fore on the gun if it fires 240 rounds/min, the mass of the bullets is 25g and the muzzle...

1. A uniform square plate 7.2 m on a side has had a square piece 3.9 m on a side cut out of it. The center of the missing piece is at x = 1.65 m, y = 0. The center of the square plate is at x = y = 0. What is the x-coordinate of the center-of-mass of the remaining piece? 2...

Homework Statement Two masses are connected over a pulley which has a friction resistance of 0.147 N. What is the minimum mass difference to cause the pulley system to have a non-zero acceleration when released from rest? Total Mass = 250 g Homework Equations a= g[(m))/((M)]-...

Homework Statement A system contains two pulleys, over the first pulley there is mass 3, m_3, on one end of the rope. the other end of that rope is connected to the second pully. Hung on the second pulley are mass 2, m_2, and mass 1, m_1. Find the acceleration constraint in terms of a_1 and...

Homework Statement I have 3 graphs: accleration vs. total mass, acceleration vs. mass difference, and acceleration vs. inverse total mass. How can I get the gravitational acceleration from these 3 graphs ? I am doing a lab report on word and excel Homework Equations I don't...

In the drawing, there are two blocks connected by a rope and pulley. One block is on the table while the other is hanging off of the table. Block A, with a weight of 396 N, is on the table. Block B is hanging off of the table, and has a weight of 180 N. Ignore all frictional effects and assume...

I found this article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080929123941.htm and it talks about a machine that absorbs CO2 invented by a professor from University of Calgary. I'm thinking to make a feasible model of it for construction (it's actually a school project), but the machine...

1)Anyone can figure out the chips problem due to milling a glass material BK7.? 2) I am using Ichikawa Milling machine where the table rotate and the spindle rotate to mill the material. After do ralf cutting which I set the speed to 60. It produces chips on the edges of the piece.

Homework Statement Consider the Atwood's machine of Lecture 8. We wish to use this machine to measure our local acceleration of gravity with an accuracy of 5% [i.e. (Delta g)/g = 0.05]. To begin, suppose we let the mass m_1 fall through a distance L. 3.1 Find an expression for the...

I got a piece of machine imported from China and after inspecting the motor it was 50HZ after looking at the specs on the motor itself. I asked about this from the start and was told it would have 60hz motor. Now aftering contacting the manufacture they said it would run just fine and to try it...

1. A machine has a steel shuttle that is moving along a fixed unlubricated steel rail pulled by an elastic shuttle cord, which is at an angle The shuttle has a mass of 800g and is released when the elastic cord has 20N tension at an angle of 45 degrees. I know how to solve the problem...

Homework Statement In an atwood machine which is a pulley with two wieghts attached to it (m1 and m2), m1= m2, how much tension is found on the string? I thought that it would be zero tension on the string but that appeared to be wrong. How would you solve it? The Attempt at a Solution

Here's the problem: A Moore sequential circuit has one input and one output. When the input sequence '011' occurs, the output becomes '1' and remains '1' until the sequence '011' occurs again in which case the output returns to '0'. The output remains '0' until '011' occurs a third time...

Hey Guys, I have attached my problem and all my work for it. The work presented in my handwriting is the attempt I figure most accurate. All my other attempts were experimental to no avail :( I think I must be overlooking something really basic. Any assistance or pointers are greatly...

Homework Statement A light pulley can rotate freely about its axis of symmetry which is fixed in a horizontal position. A massless inextensible string passes over a pulley . At one end the string carries a mass 4m, while the other end supports a second massless pulley. A second string...

Homework Statement Design a logic circuit to simulate the circuitry that might exist in a vending machine. the vending machine accepts inputs of nickels, dimes, and quarters but only one of each. It dispenses water and beer. Use three logic switches to simulate the coin detectors one each for...

Hi! I have an assignment to write a mini-essay of sorts on Atwood's machine. One of the things I need to cover is how to find the value of g by using Atwood's machine. I really have no idea how to do this. I was thinking about rearranging a= [(m2-m1)g] / (m1+m2) but I don't understand how to...

I just read about a new perpetual motion machine and it looks like it will work. You take a cat and tie a piece of toast on to its back. then you butter the toast and toss the cat into the air. Since the toast has to land butter side down and the cat always lands on its feet it spins forever.

This is pretty cool! Cat style machine doing tricks! http://www.youtube.com/trexgonewild

Hi i am working in a highly inductive trapiziodal PMSG the machice inductance affects the operation of the power electonics converters. Any one can help me how i can reduce the effect of such propolem ?

I need help writing the code for a simple lottery machine. Here are the key points. Ask the user to choose 3 numbers between 1 and 20. Randomly generate 3 winning numbers that are between 1 and 20. Determine how many, if any, of the users numbers match the winning numbers. If (hypothetically)...

A heat engine is combined with a heat pump so that the entire system is an isolated system. In the heat engine, energy shifts from the hot reservoir so that some of it is used for work and the rest is sent to the cold reservoir. The work, however, is used entirely for the heat pump, in which...

Seems like an odd question - but if your an astraunaut in Earth orbit and travel with it around the sun - your going different speeds around the sun but always traveling the same distance away from any two points on the sun every second (keplers #2) the how = closer you are to sun, the faster...

The pulley in an atwood's machine is given an upward acceleration a. Find the acceleration of each mass and the tension in the string that connects them. so my problem here is deriving the equation for the acceleration of both masses considering that the system was applied with an upward force...

http://kk.org/ct2/lobster.gif Lobster claw machine :smile: It's real, no joking. http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/05/13/lobster-catching-arc.html

What would it mean to "transfer data directly from brain to brain"? We can assume that "data" in the brain amounts to some spatial-temporal pattern of activation across many neurons. This is a very reasonable assumption to make in light of what we know about neuroscience. There's no way to...

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/fundamentals/mg19826614.400-physicists-atomsorting-demon-created-with-lasers.html?feedId=online-news_rss20" "The demon appears to bring order to chaos without expending energy, violating the second law of thermodynamics. " So correct me if I am...

Homework Statement A screw jack has a single start thread of pitch 7mm and a operating handle 800mm long.when raising a load of 750kg the effort required on thev end of the handle is 26N. determine for these operating conditions the following : (a) the mechanical advantage (b) the...

Does anyone know what the most powerful machine ever constructed might be, say in terms of energy produced? I've heard it is the Saturn V rocket, but I'm willing to bet one of the existing particle accelerators could surpass that. Anyone?

Homework Statement Design a state machine that repeatedly goes through the following sequence: three repeats of 0,2,4,6 followed by 2 repeats of 1,3,5,7. An observer watching the machine should see the states over and over: 0,2,4,6,0,2,4,6,0,2,4,6,1,3,5,7,1,3,5,7... The Attempt at a...

Hi, This is probably a really easy question, but I need help in finding the answers to it. Let's say I have a some raw chemical A (example: water) and I want to make it into a chemical B (example: something with an -OH). However, I don't want to use any chemical means but do everything via...

Would it be possible with modern materials and know how to build a better Duck? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_power His invention, Salter's Edinburgh Duck, continues to be the machine against which all others are measured. In small scale controlled tests, the Duck's curved cam-like body...

Complement of Universal Turing Machine - Does this exist?? I am kind of confused in terms of the creation of machine which does NOT (Universal Turing Machine). I mean I construct a TM which will simulate UTM and accept strings it rejects and rejects strings it accepts. So if L(UTM) defined as...

Using a Van De Graaff (VDG) machine, we can easily generate million-volt high voltage. The high potential difference can be generated effectively with minimum energy supplied to the machine. The larger the volume of the machine would be, the higher the voltage could get. However, stability would...

Coffee Machine Desgin help PLEASE! Hey Everyone, Not sure if this is where I can post this topic. I have a project in class to design a 10cent coffee machine. We just have to create the truth table, write the SOP form. Draw the circuit on @ltera and program the CPLD. I am having trouble...

http://fliptomato.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/litigious-lhc/ Sanchez & Wagner v. DOE http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/03/27/823924.aspx Hmmmmm...

[SOLVED] joule machine.. Homework Statement In joule's apparatus below, the mass of each block is 1.50kg, and the insulated tank is filled with 200g of water. What is the increase in the emperature of he water after the bocks fall through a distance of 3.00m...

Homework Statement The number of years that a washing machine functions is a random variable whose hazard rate function, h(t), is given by - 0.2 if 0 < t < 2 - 0.2 + 0.3(t - 2) if 2 <= t <= 5 - 1.1 if t > 5 If the washing machine is still working six years after being purchased, what...