Project Definition and 1000 Threads

I have a project where I need a flat sheet of plastic that's about 1 foot by 1.5 feet and about a quarter inch thick, but probably less than that. It doesn't have to be exactly that size. It can't be brittle either, it needs to be able to bend some. I don't know where to get something like...

hi every one I'm new here so i am confused as to where to post this topic but i guess this is the right place. I am having a science project in my school and I am building a ship that could go a particular distance and return to the same spot again.There are restrictions that I cannot use...

Hello Physics Forums, I am a tenth grade student looking into a possible engineering/science project. I wanted to know if an ion thruster could be built, how hard would it be if at all possible. I could work with the university of Arizona and they might lend me a lab and equipment. (such as...

hi, i have to build an dc electromagnetic buzzer for school project, but I'm having tons of trouble! can anyone offer advice to help me out? (like good websites with instructions or pointers?) i have most trouble with the connect/disconnect part of the buzzer! i have this nail that is fixed in...

Some Japanese tech company called shimizu is parading this new idea of solar energy generation. The Luna Ring it is called. Links http://news.cnet.com/2300-11386_3-10003698.html" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUL_rDeKIeU" I think there are some serious issues with said idea WRT...

Hello everyone. can anyone help me with project to build that has microcontroller. i need something not very hard and not very very easy.

so i have this [project] [PLAIN]http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/1220/finaldiagram.png N is up, and S is down. Simply a coil of wire in a rod shape goes around the magnet How do i apply the faradays equation on it. I know the rate the magnet moving up, let's say 5m/s. The problem I'm...

Choose a topic for my my project. please help Hello There, I am doing a Project next semster and my supervisor has asked me to choice a topic. I do maths and I would like to a project in Applied maths say Differential equations or so. Please help me with choosing a topic. Thank you

Homework Statement we have to create a picture in the graphing calculater, rules to the project 1window must be set at X[-20.7,24.7] and Y[-13,17] 2picture must be centered in this window 3no fewer then 20 program lines. horizontal and vertical lines don't count in the 20 4no programs within...

Latex ...! Should I accept the project?? Hi there, I need to do a project with my supervisor and he asks me to use Latex in my project...! Now the question is that is Latex normal program I mean like Microsoft Words ? I mean just requiers typing skills?? Or does it require knowing some...

Hello, I've been tasked with finding a solution to a volumetric dosing system.. it's fairly straight forward in principal, however I believe the best way to address it is to ask some engineering gurus who are savvy with hydodynamics, etc.. So, without further rhetoric, here is the requirements...

I am a student, and I want to do a science research project, simply for my own interest. I am very interested in quantum physics, however, I really don't know how to sculpt a project around it. I want to be original: I am interested specifically in quantum computing, quantum encryption, quantum...

For a water balloon launch project, our students need to calculate the distance that the balloon will travel given the following information: K- the spring constant of the launcher the mass of the water balloon the angle of launch the distance that the launcher is pulled back. Can...

I just finished my second year of Engineering Physics at McMaster (specifically, nuclear) and I'm on a summer coop term now, but I'm looking for something fun to do after work and on weekends. Does anyone have some fun, interesting project ideas? I've got some experience with analog and digital...

Hey everyone, My name is Brandon and I have been assigned a mouse trap car project for my high school engineering class. Homework Statement The following are the specs: -I need it to go the maximum distance -Must travel in a straight line The materials supplied: -4 ea. CD's (wheels)...

[b]1. HI, please help! this is for a project I'm doing at uni and not sure where to start! Ok so I've got a circular plate with 16 equally spaced holes around the outside. In 15 of these holes are small bottles which are screwed in. (see attached pic). The plate dimensions are: 340mm diameter...

hi guys i have as a final year project to design and build a mic preamp. i choosed to use solid state topology for my project with the use of opamp. my design has no transformers and it come in three main parts Differential input Variable gain control Differential line driver it's a 4...

I need to find a toy that demonstrates the following terms: acceleration due to gravity net force mass weight it can be any sort of toy, i was thinking a tennis ball or something of that sort?

I'm making a coil gun for a project, and ran into a few problems. I used a circuit from a disposable camera, which had a capacitor and charging circuit. I used two wires attached to the capacitor to connect the circuit to my solenoid. However, after charging the capacitor, nothing seems to...

In my physics problem I want to see how the energy transferred to a projectile differs if I (Setup A) set the weight on the lever arm and (Setup B) have a hanging weight on the lever arm. Here are some images that better describe my project: My experiment consisted of a base made of a...

Good day everyone, I am currently doing an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering and minoring(specializing) in Instrumentations and Control Systems. I will be entering my final year September 2011, and in order to graduate I have to do a major project on anything involving the...

Help with Organic Rankine Cycle Project please! Moderator's note: this thread is from May 2011 Hi there everyone, I'm posting here in the hope that someone will be willing to help an engineering layman do some calculations, I'm a plumber not an engineer. Thanks to anyone who decides to help...

I have a project due tomorrow and i need Help ... Calorimeter Experiment ! Homework Statement My groups is terrible and is basically refusing to do any work---that's the real problem My (other) problem is this: I have a piece of copper that I am using as a calorimeter, I'm placing it inside...

Homework Statement This is the third problem of a project for a Calculus II course. My issue is with graphing. Below is the problem, and below that my tutors explanation via e-mail to try and help me. I understand everything thus far, except for how I go about graphing. I am not strong in...

Homework Statement I have a project for my statics class. My topic is equilibrium of a rigid body, and I am building an assembly that will have four different support reactions. They will all be attached to one central post for ease of construction, but they will be analyzed as separate...

Homework Statement check out: so this is for a bridge project right and that picture is simply a basic design just enough to get the jist to answer my question. what I am wondering is, if 20kg's was applied to the very centre of that loading plate - is it fair to say that each of the long...

Homework Statement I know that (for a given mass) the volume of an object affects its density. The greater the volume, the lower the density; the lesser the volume, the higher the density. Thus, the lower the density, the more pennies the boat can hold before sinking. My question is, how can...

Hey I didnt know where to put this so the masters projects we can do for next year came out .. but I am not really interested in any of them However we can propose projects So i was thinking if anyone could lead me in the right direction Im want something in either COSMOLOGY or THEORETICAL...

Hi all, I'm trying to answer the following questions related to a project on smoke rings. We are in an introductory class, so this project is more for fun and just applying the little we have learned about point, rigid body, and fluid motion to something less understood like vortex rings...

I hav a physics movie project and i hav to find how the movie defies the laws of physics using calculations/theories with examples from the scenes. I chose the movie-The Matrix where the guy is dodging the bullets on top of the scene. Anyways, I was wondering what equation/theory I would use...

I am working on a space balloon project and I wanted to send video, or pictures, back to Earth via walki talki. I wanted to know if this would work; I connect a composite video cable from a camera to the wires of one of the walki talki's microphone wires. Then on the other end take the wires...

Hello there, i am doing a graduation project for my bachelor on Steer-by-Wire, i have to make a modeling and simulation on simulink. i reached the idea that the torque output from the motor that actuates the steering axles to rotate the wheel around the z - axis (Yaw) changes with the...

See what I mean http://www.lanl.gov/orgs/tt/pdf/techs/3dlaser_pointer.pdf". Actually, coming to the point, how is this laser pointer at the Los Alamos National Laboratory able to control the z-axis with the slider? There was a previous thread by someone else which was replied with something...

Hi All, I am going to perform stress analysis on a helicopter landing gear. My job is to find one specific landing gear, study its design, analyze and through tools we learned in the strength of materials class, redesign the gear to improve it. If you have knowledge of this sort of...

chemistry project! I am in 12th grade in high school and I have to submit a project on chemistry. Can anyone give me some ideas! They must not be very time taking or complex. Thanks.

can anyone please suggest me a project topic?? in the field of astronomy & cosmology,graduate level.

Design a circuit that uses a stain gauge to create a voltage related to the strain experienced by the gauge. The strain gauge should remain electrically isolated from the ground. The DC common mode voltage should be minimized. Only stain-related signal to be measured does not have any...

I'm working on a project where I'm trying to find the differential equation of a falling raindrop. The drop I'm considering will be under 10mm to eliminate the drops breaking apart and I've found that for that size, the drops will be spherical and traveling 6-8m/s. I've determined my air...

Grade 11 musical instrument project need help! Homework Statement I am making chime bars for my project. My partner and I were working on it today and we cut our first chime bar and used visual analyzer to figure out the frequency of sound produced by hitting our first chime bar. We found...

confused, project is due in 2 hours, can someone please help , thanks.

I have to do a paper ( kind of project ) for 4-6 page on Thermodynamics description of a watt steam engine. i have no idea where to start. It is for a Thermodynamics 1 class. Thanks in advance.

Hi all, I'm a graduating senior next semester and I need to choose my senior project topic by the end of May. The problem is that I have NO idea where to even start looking. Anyone have any ideas? I am interested in number theory, and some differential equations but NOT linear or abstract...

I'm not too sure if this is the right place to ask for help like this, if not a point in the right direction would be much appreciated. I'm a business student so I honestly don't know a lot of the inner workings of electrical components. However, I did work at a boat store for several years as...

I'm new to this place so I really didn't know where to post this but here's the deal. My Physics teacher assigned us a projectile related to projectile motion. We are to build a siege weapon (catapult, trebuchet, ballista, etc.) that would launch a 1lb water balloon 25 ft in distance. We are...

I'm not sure which category of physics best suits light rays and what not so I just stuck this under general physics, many thanks to anyone who can help me with my problem! I want to project some words onto glass with a projector... What projector do I need? I was assuming something with...

i m making project on knight rider based on bread board using 6 leds, ic -555,4016 a decade counter, 3 variable resistance,and 1 potentiometer. the problem is that i don't know what's the meaning of knight rider, uses, applications .whenever i searched the net i have always found something...

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Homework Statement Math is not math when it asks me to describe relationships between functions. I hate wordplay. Please see the attached PDF. On this page it says "What relationship between the cosine and secant do the graph and these values suggest?" Homework Equations Well...

Hey rocket folks - In light of those artists that deal with massive art, like covering an outdooors area with cloth and the like I thought it would be interesting to propose a world shaking art project. Yes, I know this would never fly with the world and it might cause problems with the...

Homework Statement Problem: Create a means for the egg to land on an uneven dirt surface from a great height without breaking. Restrictions: No parachutes (or wings, or any other velocity-slowing addition,) packing materials/padding, balloons, or thick liquid substances. The project must...