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Any ideas how to search for threads that both I and another user have replied too? I remember "who, but I don't remember where, when" is the issue.- erobz
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Reusability of nuts and tapped holes + Choosing the right material
In the section "8-3 Threaded fasteners" from Shigley's the following text can be seen: Replacing a nut is simple enough. However, replacing a tapped part or having to update the tapped hole with something like a helicoil could be more complicated. Would that recommendation from Shigley's apply...- Juanda
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Kernel tasks - spawned threads and spawned processes
What is spawned a process meaning: "organizing and managing threads and the various processes spawned by running applications;" In more granular terms, accomplishing these three kernel functions involves a range of computer tasks, including the following: loading and managing less-critical OS...- askingquestion
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Force required to strip threads
Not homework and I'm not a Mech Eng. I was trying to follow a discussion elsewhere about a building foundation that involved 2.75" diameter steel bolts. Two nuts are locked together on the bolt and embedded in concrete. Threads of the bolt itself are sleeved so only the nuts are anchored into...- CWatters
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Java How do I prevent threads from interfering with each other in Java?
Hi everyone I'm making a Whack-a-mole-style game for learning katakana. I have a textView for the question, a textView for the answer and nine buttons. I have a SetQuestion runnable to show the question and answer. Each button has its own runnable that controls how long the button flashes...- Darkmisc
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Translation software use in threads
Has there been any thought about a button for the poster to self-identify that the poster is using translation software? Edit: this is now a linguistics thread:frown:- Frabjous
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Pneumatics connectors -- types of threads and sizes
Hello guys, I need advice and helpI am a maintenance technician at food manufacturing place, my boss requested me to fix air leaks around machinery pointed by the external energy usage survey.The problem is I don't have experience with pneumatics installations, most of the leaks are around...- gowniak13
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Repost/Merged Threads - Density: pressure and temperature dependency
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C/C++ Kill all parents child threads from a child thread in C++
I have a C++ program that starts two threads from the parent thread, I need to kill both children from a child thread. ____> b | a - |_____> c I need to kill b & c from b. Issue is, I can't use simple flags, as c waits for input using cin. Any help appreciated.- Superposed_Cat
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Depth of NPT Holes: How to Fully Screw in Fittings Roy's Q&A
Hello everybody! I've notice that when using NPT fittings, the female fittings usually doesn't take all of the male threads: This has never bothered me since these are commercial fittings and the engineers who designed them know what they are doing. But now, I need to make NPT holes in a...- Roy S Ramirez
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- Depth Fittings Holes Sealing Threads
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New paper about online harassment and participation in science threads
I thought some folks here might be interested in this new paper in PNAS. https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/116/20/9785.full.pdf J. Nathan Matias, PNAS, 2019, vol. 116, no. 20, p.9785–9789. Abstract: Theories of human behavior suggest that people’s decisions to join a group and their...- TeethWhitener
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Calculating Max Pull for M30x2mm Threads on Chrome Rod
Hi, I'm machining threads on to the ends of chrome rod for use in hydraulic rams. I have a ram which will see a maximum retracting load of 10 ton (98.1kN). For this I'm considering a thread of M30x2mm pitch. The chrome rod we use has a tensile strength of 550 n/mm2 with a yielding of 420 n/mm2...- Jimbo86
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Cone drill bit with threads to drill in hard rock formations?
i designed a cone drill bit with right hand thread to give friction and grab inside to give pulling force. my question is can this type of cone drill bit drill hard rock formations like normal tricone drill bits with teeth or the cone drill bit will be weak to penetrate hard rock formations .- ahmed11
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Electric field vector due to very long thread
Homework Statement Two parallel very long threads are uniformly charged with linear charge density of 10-8 C/cm . Distance between them is 15 cm. Find electric field vector at a distance of 15 cm from both threads. Homework Equations E*dA=Qenclosed/permittivity of free space The Attempt at a...- Aleksandre
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Synchronizing Two Threads w/Pthreads for Smooth Presentation
Two threads share a common buffer (an image, say). One thread (visualization which has an almost fixed delay). The other, image generation can have a delay either much greater or much lesser than the fixed one. What is the best paradigm to synchronize these threads using pthreads in order to...- intervoxel
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Strength of Large Diameter Threads
Hi all, I have been assigned the task to calculate the strength of threads for the hydraulic cylinders my company manufactures. I have started doing some research and have found several guide formulas and methods to find shear area, length of engagement, force resulting in failure and so forth...- Kartoffelbri
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Undergrad Merging Two Threads: Complex Integrals & Branch Cuts
<Moderator note: Merger of two threads on the topic.> Hello! I am reading some basic stuff on complex integrals using branch cuts and i found the problem in the attachment. I am not sure I understand why the branch cut is along ##R^+##. I thought that branch cut is, loosely speaking, a line...- Silviu
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Finding Threads: How to Access Older Posts?
Hello! It might sound really silly but I don't see how to find all my threads - I see only Alerts tab, but all alerts are deleted once read. Please, advice how I can find my older threads, besides manually scrolling through the list of all posted threads in the forum. Thank you very much!- Vital
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Cooperative Threads: Inner Class Problem
Hi, I am trying to create an array of 20 threads to perform addition of 20 elements of two arrays. I have created an inner class. I don't know if my inner class syntax is correct or not. My code is:public class Question{ static int [ ] input1 = new int[20]; static int [ ] input2 = new...- zak100
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LaTeX Troubleshooting Latex Tables in Threads
I used a table generator site http://www.tablesgenerator.com/ to create this latex code, but it doesn't work in a thread when I paste it in between dollar dollar delimiters. Help please. $$ \begin{table}[] \centering \caption{My caption} \label{my-label} \begin{tabular}{ll} 1 & TW base...- anorlunda
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- Latex Threads Troubleshooting
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Impact Load Due for Dropped Mass onto Bolt Threads
Hello, I have an installation tool (which basically consists of a standard long bolt and nut) and a 100 lbs mass object would drop onto it (as if it were a hook) from about 1 - 2 inches. There are many forces to consider and I am looking into that. Since this installation tool will be...- Shumon Hossain
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- Bolt Bolts Impact Load Mass Threads
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How Can I Prevent Vibration-Induced Disengagement in a Quadcopter Arm Mechanism?
Hi All. I am stuck in a problem. Please check the image attached. It's part of a foldable mechanism of a quad copter arm. The red part is fixed to the body, the grey part is fixed to arms. The transparent part is a threaded collar/sleeve. The yellow part is a stopper. The hinge is a connecting...- RKD89
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How to calculate how many threads I can use?
Hi guys, Here is my problem / task: I have a 232 bar pressure cylinder (not sue what material it is made from) with a brass fill valve at one end. I am trying to design a new shorter valve so that it takes up less space inside the cylinder, and thus increasing the capacity. How would I...- perky416
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Find My Threads | Easily List Own Threads
Hi, apologies if I've missed the obvious, but is there a way to list just my threads? (Not posts) Thanks- ognik
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Electrostatics Basics -- 2 plastic balls hanging on threads attract each other
Homework Statement Two small plastic balls hang from threads of negligible mass. Each ball has a mass of 0.14 g and a charge of magnitude q. The balls are attracted to each other and the threads attached to the balls make an angle of 20.0 degree. with the vertical. The balls are 2.05 cm apart...- Soniteflash
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Graduate Will the Casimir Effect Operate Between Bolt Threads at 10nm?
Hi. Will operate Casimir effect between the bolt threads? The distance between the threads is 10 nm. Thank By.- jaiii
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Why cant I create 1 million threads?
I have code written in java and I am fluxuating the parameters of how many threads I am creating, the OS accounts for threads up to 20,000 and I can see on the task manager that the number of running threads increases. Then how come when I put in 1 million the program still runs but the number...- camel-man
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[Physics Equlibrium Question] A spider hanging from two silk threads
[Physics Equlibrium Question] ***[SOLVED]*** ***[SOLVED]*** Hey, I haven't used a forum before, but out of desperation to find the solution/hint to this problem; google brought me here. I would really appreciate any help, as I am I not getting the correct answer. Thank you. ***[SOLVED]***...- xfi911
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Two bulbs connected by a tube with two mercury threads
Homework Statement Please refer to the image attached. Homework Equations P=hρg The Attempt at a Solution My workings: 16000=h1ρg 8000= h2ρg Since ρ and g are constant, therefore h1:h2 must be 2:1. But the answer is 18:12. Why am I wrong?- coconut62
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Electrostatics problem with pith balls hung using threads
Homework Statement Please open the attachment for the question Homework Equations 1)coulomb's law The Attempt at a Solution I'm at a loss regarding what to do. Upon reading the question (ignoring the figure), I assumed that the charges will form a square and thus the angle between...- Sunil Simha
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Difference between nominal and major diameter in threads
Hi guys: I am having trouble with differentiating nominal and major diameter, from what I get on google as well as my textbook, the nominal diameter is the largest diameter in the thread and major diameter is the distance between crest to crest. but aren't the two the same? thanks- hihiip201
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Finding time period and minimum length of threads
Homework Statement (see attachment) An iron rod of length L is hung at a common point with threads of length \ell which are attached to the two ends of the rod. The rod is displaced a bit in the plane of the threads. What is the length of the threads if the period of the swinging of the rod...- Saitama
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PC game that uses more than four CPU threads?
Are there ANY PC games that use more than four CPU threads? It's about time that computer games make use of hyper-threading and 6-8 core processors. I read somewhere that flight simulator X is coded to use up to 16 threads. Although I'm not sure if that's actually true.- Kutt
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Why do my threads keep getting deleted?
I finally got an answer to my question by a poster on this site, and my thread gets removed. I broke no rules, so it seems some mod out there drunk with power. It is utterly pitiful, as I thought this was supposed to be a legitimate physics website, not one with corrupt mods.- Rational T
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Why are wires made of many thin threads?
I am guessing that it is easier to produce that way, and gives it more flexibilty. Are these the reasons for wires being mafe of many thin threads, and are there other reasons? Does it allow for better heat dissipation?- Pharrahnox
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Multiply matrices using threads
Homework Statement In my main function i am filling 2 matrices. Matrix A is 18x16 and MatrixB is 16x18. Then i am multiplying them in my thread function using an array of threads. However, i am getting segmentations faults when trying to run the program. #include<stdio.h> #include<pthread.h>...- cs23
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Cold Rolling for Power Screw Threads: Advantages & Disadvantages
For threading of Power screws ( like in a car jack with square/trapizoidal threading ), why is cold rolling preferred to normal material removal machining ; say turning on lathe. Or is cold rolling even preffered?- RKD89
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News Why Are Political Discussions More Heated Than Scientific Ones?
I have noticed that political threads get locked or terminated far more frequently than is the case with more scientific ones. Sometimes this is because posters wander far off the OP topic, but more often it appears that incivility simply reaches unacceptable levels. I assume that most of...- klimatos
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LaTeX What caused the Latex issues on old threads and how can they be fixed?
See post 2 in this thread, none of the latex lines are working now (they were working before), post 4 is slightly messed up: https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=306442 In post 8 in this thread one of lines is messed up: https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=360987...- rcgldr
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Solving C Threads "Balance" Problem
Hi, I've recently started C and i have a quick question in the code below i increase the variable Balance in two threads, but somehow the final Balance is still equal to the initial value. Why? #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <pthread.h> #include <unistd.h> pthread_mutex_t...- James889
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News Is President Obama Ignoring Intelligent Online Input?
Perhaps then he might get a clue, and start acting on the inputs of the best and the brightest out here on the Internet. Even though we might disagree, we do so intelligently. Given what he's done so far, I haven't the slightest clue as to what he's acting on.- mugaliens
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Is there a good tutorial on using threads in C?
I have a friend that needs something done which I can't think of a non-threaded way to do, and we're having some trouble understanding how the pthread library works. He wants a program to execute until he presses a button. I suggested having one thread with a while loop that runs until a...- Nissen, Søren Rune
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Graduate BRS: Random Comments on Some Recent PF Threads
Re www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=403487 Actually, there is a move back to writing multiplication left to right. And while it is not wrong that this purely a matter of convention and symmetric within a narrow context, in a wider context, this notational choice acquires very real...- Chris Hillman
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Can We Use a Thread-Making Machine to Seal a Leaking 20 Offshore Pipe?
Hello. May I ask if we have the technology to run a thread-making machine on the end of that 20" pipe in the Gulf leaking oil and then screw a 20" cap on it? Is there even a commercially-available 20" threader? Largest I've seen is 6". Granted the oil pressure would initially prevent...- jackmell
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Control Theoryplease advise if cont theory should be in system design threads
not sure why my earlier post never showed, but I'll try again. I'm doing some work to control a pump that's the input to a pneumatic system. I developed a transfer function that defines the plant as the output pressure divided by the input pressure. I also developed a controller: PID&I...- susmatt
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How much weight can a bolt take before the threads pull out?
Hi All, I was browsing the internet and came across this forum, I was thinking to myself one day and decided to do a google search. My question is basically, how do I determine how much weight a bolt can take before it pulls out of the thread. For example, I want to attach Part A to Part B with...- Spoolx
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Three pithballs are suspended from thin threads
a) Three pithballs are suspended from thin threads.Various objects are then rubbed against other objects (nylon against silk, glass against polyester, etc.) and each of the pithballs is charged by touching them with one of these objects. It is found that pithballs 1 and 2 attract each other...- wrthwrld
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Need help manufacturing something with threads. THREAD FAILURE problem.
hello everyone, this is my first post. Right now I am trying to figure out which equations to use to solve the following. I will have a block that will a threaded rod through it. This block will be next to another larger block. In between these blocks are going to be metal samples. Now...- SlimJ87D
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Method To Exert a Downwards Force (Force created by screw threads?)
I am trying to come up with an automated method to exert a force of around 250N downwards onto a plate. The possibilites that i have looked at so far are Weight (although this has been discounted due to the size of the weight that would be needed), Hydraulic and Pneumatic systems. However...- Kalus
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Solved: Find Tension in Strings of Uniform Stick Suspended from Ceiling
A uniform stick of length 1 meter and mass 200 gm is suspended from the ceiling through two vertical strings of equal length fixed at the ends. A small object of mass 20 gm is placed on the stick at a distance of 70 cm from the left end. Find the tension in the two strings. The problem i...- hellboydvd
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