System Definition and 1000 Threads

  1. H

    Inertia of System: Find w/ Pink Dot & Diagonals

    Hi, in the following problem, I need to find the inertia of the system. The axis of rotation passes through the center of mass ( the pink dot). I understand that I will be equal to 4(mr^2). However, I do not understand why r= 3 (6 divided by 2) and not sqrt13 ( half of the diagonal of the...
  2. J

    Compensator Design in system control

    Hello, in my final project for System Control i have been stuck for some time on this following task What i cannot figure out is how to make all these condition work at the same time. When I tried designing a PD controller in sisotool or MATLAB for the i and ii part it worked but i couldn't...
  3. jalalapeno

    Finding Tension and theta in a pulley system

    What I've attempted to do is resolve vertically and horizontally: T1sin(30)+T2sinΘ+T2=9g T2cosΘ=T1cos30 After that... I'm completely stuck. Any help would be appreciated, I've spent so long on this I bet I'm just missing one simple thing. Thanks in advance
  4. J

    Control System: Find the Transfer Function From Block Diagram

    Homework Statement Homework Equations To find Ca / Rb we take Ra = 0 --- is this right? I used mason's formula P1 = -G2 G1 H1 Loop = G1, G2, -H1, -H2 Using Mason's Gain we get: Delta1 = 1 Delta = 1 - G1G2H1H2 Using Mason's Gain TF = -G1G2H1 Divided by ( 1 - G1G2H1H2) But substituting the...
  5. S

    Finding the total momentum of system

    Homework Statement A car of mass 1500 kg is at rest on a platform of mass 3000 kg, which is also at rest. The platform has frictionless wheels attached to its bottom. The whole system is initially at rest. The car starts to move forward at a speed of 5.0 m/s with respect to the ground...
  6. B

    B Can the Sirius Star System Support Physical Life Amidst Its Unique Conditions?

    Can the Sirius star system support physical life in any way including those that can breath carbon dioxide or other gases?
  7. vibhuav

    I Evaluating metric tensor in a primed coordinate system

    I am trying to learn GR. In two of the books on tensors, there is an example of evaluating the inertia tensor in a primed coordinate system (for example, a rotated one) from that in an unprimed coordinate system using the eqn. ##I’ = R I R^{-1}## where R is the transformation matrix and...
  8. P

    Construct the Lagrangian for the system

    Homework Statement Hello! I have some problems with constructing Lagrangian for the given system: (Attached files) Homework Equations The answer should be given in the following form: L=T-U=... The Attempt at a Solution I tried to construct the Lagrangian, but I'm not sure if I did it...
  9. J

    Fluid Velocity and Pressure in a *Closed* System

    In a closed fluidic system (with a pump), fluid velocity is constant throughout the system but what puzzles me is the pressure drop due to viscous effect. In a horizontal pipe, pressure decreases gradually (assuming low friction) down the pipe due to viscous effect. In this concepts, it's hard...
  10. P

    Determining the power of a rotating system

    Homework Statement Force of 200 foot pounds of torque is being exerted on a axle of a disc which is turning at 1.57 radians. The disk has a moment of inertia of 234 kg per meter squared and it's 1.5 inch diameter axle has a prony brake installed applying a load of 200 foot pounds of torque at...
  11. VSayantan

    Entropy of a System of Spin-half Non-interacting Particles

    Homework Statement A system having ##N## non-degenerate energy eigenstates populated by##N## identical spin-zero particles and ##2N## identical spin-half particles. There are no interaction between any of these particles. If ##N=1000## what is the entropy of the system? Homework Equations...
  12. S

    I Consequences on a system of ODEs after performing operations

    Hi, I have derived a matrix from a system of ODE, and the matrix looked pretty bad at first. Then recently, I tried the Gauss elimination, followed by the exponential application on the matrix (e^[A]) and after another Gauss elimination, it turned "down" to the Identity matrix. This is awfully...
  13. M

    Isentropic Expansion Within a Steam Turbine System

    Homework Statement Steam is expanded from 90 bar, 412°C to 4.0 bar saturation in a high pressure turbine, after-which a certain percentage of the steam is bled off to a feed heater. The remaining steam is then expanded through a low pressure turbine to 1.0 bar and dryness fraction of 0.93. All...
  14. MacLaddy

    Pressure loss in an HVAC system

    I'm working on my first engineering project in the real-world and I'm hitting a bit of a snag. It's regarding pressure loss analysis in an HVAC system. We have a system that is capable of providing a maximum of 2.0-in.wg pressure at the air handler, but we are finding very little air movement at...
  15. Francis Hannah

    Resultant force-couple system where resultant couple is 0

    For the structure, find the distance from O (in direction OA) to the point where the resultant force-couple system of the forces shown should have a resultant couple of zero. Give answer in metres. a=90 N, b=289 N, c=549 N Clockwise negative, anticlockwise positive. Moment at a =...
  16. J

    MHB Complex Variables - Solution of a System

    Suppose the polynomial p has all its zeros in the closed half-plane $Re w\le0$, and any zeros that lie on the imaginary axis are of order one. $$p(z)=det(zI-A),$$ where I is the n x n identity matrix. Show that any solution of the system $$\dot{x}=Ax+b$$ remains bounded as $t\to{\infty}$...
  17. R

    Comp Sci Velocity Verlet applied to solar system with C++

    Homework Statement Hello, I am attempting to use the velocity Verlet algorithm of integration applied to the solar system in c++. My goal is be able to use the outputted position components in a plot to see if the trajectory of my object is elliptical/parabolic/hyperbolic resulting from the...
  18. D

    Center of mass system of two interacting identical Fermions

    Homework Statement Consider the center of mass system of two interacting fermions with spin 1/2. a) What is the consequence of the Pauli exclusion principle on the two-particle wave function? b)Let S1 and S2 be the spin operators of the two individual fermions. Show that the operators...
  19. thepikminman

    Vibrations - Modeling system, equation of motion

    Vibrations - Modelling system, equation of motion Hi, In the first question (question 4) in the attached file, how would you go about modelling the system and finding the equation of motion? All those masses are confusing me, I don't even know where to start. I don't know whether the angle...
  20. S

    Solving for Final Equilibrium Temperature of Water-Copper System

    Homework Statement 173 g of water at 20°C is contained in a copper container of mass 327 g. An additional 129 g of water at 100°C is added. What is the final equilibrium temperature (in degrees C) if we treat the system's water and container as isolated? Homework Equations Q = mcΔT The...
  21. T

    I Where in our solar system are asteroids that contain ammonia

    Hi! I'm doing a research project titled "Is it possible to colonise Mars?" I'm currently researching how to raise the temperature and pressure - and I've discovered to do this that re-directing asteroids towards Mars containing Ammonia would be vital. However, where do these asteroids that...
  22. R

    Modes of Vibration of 3-DOF Spring Mass System

    Homework Statement Homework Equations a11 = a21 = a31 = a12 = a13 a22 = a32 = a23 $$ \begin{bmatrix} x_{1} \\ x_{2} \\ x_{3} \end{bmatrix} =ω^2m \begin{bmatrix} a_{11} & a_{12} & a_{13} \\ a_{21} & a_{22} & a_{23} \\ a_{31} & a_{32} & a_{33}...
  23. M

    Solve the system of equations?

    Homework Statement Solve the system of equations x1-3x2-2x3=0 -x1+2x2+x3=0 2x1+4x2+6x3=0 using either Gaussian or Gauss-Jordan elimination. Homework Equations None. The Attempt at a Solution R1+R2, I got x1-3x2-2x3=0 -x2-x3=0 2x1+4x2+6x3=0...
  24. I

    Automotive Compound Epicyclical gear system

    Trying to calculate how to produce a 1:12 ratio gear train with epicyclical gears. Can anyone send some equations or links to help explain how to do this? I have looked in textbooks and online and found many examples of achieving this with a simple compound spur gear train with 3 or less stages...
  25. pairofstrings

    Operating system concepts in an app by Linux System calls

    Before I begin learning what System Calls, Kernel, and Operating System is, I want to confirm that Operating System concepts like Multi-threading, Concurrency, Parallelism, Scheduling, Memory Management, Process Management, Network Management, Device Drivers can be implemented by using Linux...
  26. C

    MHB How Does Air Resistance Affect Power in Rotational Motion?

    [FONT=verdana]A sphere of mass 1.9 kg and radius 0.5 m is attached to the end of a massless rod of length 3.0 m. The rod rotates about an axis that is at the opposite end of the sphere (see below). The system rotates horizontally about the axis at a constant 422 rev/min. After rotating at this...
  27. T

    I How to identify if a system exhibits chaos?

    How to tell if a non linear equation exhibits chaos? Sorry, I am a beginner on this topic. And my library doesn't have book on this topic. I only read about this from John R Taylor's Mechanics book. I am looking for further resources. TIA
  28. P

    I Magnetic field of Solar System planets

    Hello. I am reading a paper which says that only Earth (between the rocky planets) keep a strong magnetic field and it arose an question on this: Why does the magnetic field of the planets decrease with time in such planets? Why the magnetic field of the Earth is the only one which keeps strong?
  29. J

    Unsure Regarding Temperature Model for an Open System

    Hi guys, I am currently working on my master thesis. I am supposed to make a dynamic model for a gas system and have some trouble setting up the energy balance. I am a noob when it comes to uploading pictures, so I don't have a figure for this, but let's consider a general control volume (CV)...
  30. I

    Compressed Air Energy Storage System

    Homework Statement I have a CAES system that takes air at a pressure of 102.2kPa and temp of 24 degrees C. It is compressed to 85 bar adiabatically at a rate of 168 kg/s. I know that Cp = 1.005 kJ/kgK and Cv = 0.718 kJ/kgK. The question is - determine the amount of work consumed by the...
  31. SciencyBoi

    Three Pulley - two masses system.

    Homework Statement The given system is released from rest. Assuming no friction, mass-less pulleys and ideal strings; calculate the accelerations of the pulleys. Homework Equations Constraint equations. F=ma The Attempt at a Solution Taking the above assumptions; And applying constraints...
  32. M

    Constructing a 3x3 Linear system question

    Homework Statement Construct a 3 × 3 example of a linear system that has 9 different coefficients on the left hand side but rows 2 and 3 become zero in elimination. If the right hand sude of your system is <b1,b2,b3> (Imagine this is a column vector) then how many solutions does your system...
  33. M

    Finding values to make a linear system consistent

    Homework Statement Given the following matrix: I need to determine the conditions for b1, b2, and b3 to make the system consistent. In addition, I need to check if the system is consistent when: a) b1 = 1, b2 = 1, b3 = 3 b) b1 = 1, b2 = 0., b3 = -1 c) b1 = 1, b2 = 2, b3 = 3 Homework...
  34. S

    Why is there a link between sleep and the immune system?

    When you don't sleep.. your immune system gets weak.. but even if you stay still or rest without sleeping.. your body should theoretically be in a restful state.. so the immune system being products of cells, Brownian motion and thermodynamics, etc. should not be related to sleep.. Yet it is...
  35. P

    I Determining The Inclination Angle of A Stellar Binary System

    I am a Physics undergraduate at the University of Texas at Arlington. I am currently taking an Astrophysics class in which my professor talked about the inclination angle of the orbital plane of the binary star system and how it is impossible to determine that angle. I was wondering why is it...
  36. lekh2003

    B Is it possible to use technology from a nervous system?

    Is it in anyway possible to use the "propagation of action potential" and an artificial myelin sheath in modern technology? Would this method overcome the problem of resistance? I found that superconductors have zero resistance but are too expensive. So ceramic can be used, but that is brittle...
  37. H

    Calculating entropy for an adiabatic system

    Homework Statement A container of 1.5 Kg of gas is at a temperature and pressure of 293 K and 1 bar respectively. The gas is adiabatically compressed until its temperature and pressure are 450 K, 4.49 bars. Adiabatic processes are processes with no heat transfer. The properties of this...
  38. lahanadar

    Interpretation of the system response to a unit impulse

    Hi, I want to understand the meaning of unit impulse response when time flows. An example is given below: In the example the left signal depicts a δ[n] function value of which is 1 only at n=0. The LHS signal is response of the system to the unit impulse. I want to understand how to...
  39. R

    Using Kirchoff's Voltage Rule to find currents in a system

    Homework Statement Then solve these equations for i1-4 Homework Equations V=IR The Attempt at a Solution 80i_1-50i_2-30i_3 = -120 -50i_1+100i_2-10i_3-25i_4 = 0. -30i_1-10i_2+65i_3-20i_4 = 0. -25i_2-20i_3+100i_4 = 0. i_1=-4.18239492 i_2=-2.66455194 i_3=-2.71213323 i_4=-1.20856463...
  40. O

    Lagrangian of system with circle and cube

    Hello. I have some problems with making Lagrangian. I need your advice. 1. Homework Statement I have this situation: Consider the circular path is intangible and without friction. I have to find Lagrangian for coordinates x and θ. Homework Equations [/B] L = U - V The Attempt at a...
  41. D

    How to define kinetic energy of a compound system

    A system is defined as two connected masses in an atwood machine and the earth. How do I find total kinetic energy in a system where more than one object is moving (or is only one object actually moving since the two masses are connected with a string? idk) This is an isolated system so... ΔK...
  42. D

    Kinetic energy of a compound system (atwood machine)

    A system is defined as two connected masses in an atwood machine and the earth. How do I find total kinetic energy in a system where more than one object is moving (or is only one object actually moving since the two masses are connected with a string? idk) This is an isolated system so... ΔK...
  43. powdernose

    Mechanical Advantage in a crank system

    I am not a student btw, this is seeking extra knowledge regarding a hobby of mine, and it has been too long since I've tried to solve a physics problem. 1. Homework Statement I have the above system in which Lever L (200mm) applies force to a crank D (diameter 33mm), which has a reverse...
  44. M

    A system comprising blocks, a light frictionless pulley, and

    Homework Statement A system comprising blocks, a light frictionless pulley, and connecting ropes is shown. The 9-kg block is on a smooth horizontal table (μ = 0). The surfaces of the 12-kg block are rough, with μ = 0.30. In Fig. 5.7, the mass M is set so that it descends at constant velocity...
  45. R

    The energy stored in a system of capacitors (only)

    1.when a charged capacitor is connected to an uncharged capacitor will they attain the same voltage ?the initial and final energy are different why is this so?2.q=CV,U=c*v*v/23. I tried to equate the initial and final energy of system of capacitors but the answer does not match.what is the...
  46. S

    I Instability of the Solar System

    Hello! I read in some books that the behavior of the Solar system can't be predicted indefinitely (up to several hundreds of million of years). Is this a numerical limitation, in trying to simulate it or is it some physics responsible for it? (I guess that this assumes that no other bodies...
  47. L

    A Can I change topology of the physical system smoothly?

    I am encountering this kind of problem in physics. The problem is like this: Some quantity ##A## is identified as a potential field of a ##U(1)## bundle on a space ##M## (usually a torus), because it transforms like this ##{A_j}(p) = {A_i}(p) + id\Lambda (p)## in the intersection between...
  48. M

    Sizing of a damping - spring - mass system

    Hello All, I have come across a problem, which has troubled me for some time now. What needs to be done is the following: A mass on a rod 0.6m (mass less) has a mass of 1 kgr attached at the end of it. The rod needs to be rotated 60 degrees, within t=120 sec (see image). What I would like to...
  49. Pushoam

    I Particular configuration of a system and grand partition fn.

    I don't understand how could be a particular configuration described by eqn. (29.4). Why is it said a particular configuration? I know that this is the grand Boltzmann factor for one particle in energy state ##E_1##. But how does it describe configuration of the system?
  50. F

    Modeling a mechanical power system

    I'm working on modeling a basic mechanical power system for a video game project. The transfer system consists of meshing gears, belts, and axles/shafts which can have basic clutches that engage/disengage. There are also power producers (hand crank, windmills, water wheels, turbines) and...
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