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PhysicsForums Can an inviscid flow rotational? Potential Flow?  
07:24 17-Aug-07   [Replies: 2, Views: 67]    By: Unnamed
Hi all. It seems to me that the origin of vorticity comes from viscosity, right? So, if a flow is inviscid, can it be rotational? For the example of a shear flow, U[y] = k*y, the vorticity a non-...
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PhysicsForums View Factor Help  
04:17 17-Aug-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 67]    By: Unnamed
Sorry if this is too simple.... If we know the vertical horizontal view factors for a tilted cylinder in both the downwind (along x-axis) and crosswind (along y-axis) directions. How do we calculat...
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PhysicsForums Part-time Mech/Research Jobs  
03:32 17-Aug-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 98]    By: Unnamed
Hi again (this is my second post in a very short period), I don't quite know if I like working full-time as an engineer/researcher, and was curious about what my options are for part-time work as a...
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PhysicsForums Steam Ejector Design Resources  
03:03 17-Aug-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 114]    By: Unnamed
Hi, I was just wondering if anyone had any advice on sources of steam ejector design principles. I've seen one textbook on the topic of steam ejectors that is now out-of-print, and haven't been ab...
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PhysicsForums drip disposal  
05:53 16-Aug-07   [Replies: 7, Views: 96]    By: Unnamed
i need some link or help or maybe some comments on different methods of drip disposal in a gas power cycle(rankine cycle).quite honestly , i was sleeping in the class, so i didnt get anything. geez ...
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PhysicsForums Does Texas A&M have a good Aerospace Engineering program?  
16:52 15-Aug-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 59]    By: Unnamed
Hey guys, i was just wondering if Texas A&M has a good Aerospace Engineering program. Ive heard that overall that it is a good Engineering school, i just wanted to know if anyone here has any know...
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PhysicsForums biplanes??  
14:38 15-Aug-07   [Replies: 14, Views: 154]    By: Unnamed
what were the advantages of biplanes?? i mean they were structurally more complex, had more drag and many things, then why the earlier flying machines were biplanes?? what made them more advantageous ...
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PhysicsForums steam engine - carbon fiber  
12:39 15-Aug-07   [Replies: 12, Views: 320]    By: Unnamed
Would it be possible to build a steam engine using parts made primarily of carbon fiber? Any engine?...
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PhysicsForums Designing a most powerful/efficient vacuum  
00:57 15-Aug-07   [Replies: 29, Views: 395]    By: Unnamed
I'm wondering what is required in terms of design and materials in order to produce a vacuum that is powerful and efficient. I need a vacuum powerful enough to hold a 30 pound weight on a vertical wal...
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PhysicsForums add a wind turbine to a car?  
15:29 14-Aug-07   [Replies: 32, Views: 639]    By: Unnamed
If supposing we were to add a wind turbine connected to a generator to a moving car, would we be able to get the air flowing around the car to turn the turbine and therefore gain some energy? If it is...
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PhysicsForums COMSOL help  
08:03 14-Aug-07   [Replies: 4, Views: 96]    By: Unnamed
hey guys... can someone here, expert in COMSOL ,help me out ? I am stuck in my work and seek some guidence.. Regards, Chirag...
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PhysicsForums Circulation? Potential flow?  
23:41 12-Aug-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 68]    By: Unnamed
Hi all. I am revisiting things about potential flows. So, I believe the single most important assumption of potential flows shall be ignoring the viscous effect. And I am studying the flow past a c...
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PhysicsForums Reynolds Transport Theorem and Conservation Laws.  
04:11 12-Aug-07   [Replies: 5, Views: 212]    By: Unnamed
The Reynolds Transport theorem (RTT) is usually applied to derive the conservation of mass, momentum and energy in a fluid. But when I try to apply the RTT to other physical quantities, I get weird r...
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PhysicsForums Need help calculating overpressure losses for rocket engine  
12:39 11-Aug-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 80]    By: Unnamed
hello I am trying to calculate the loss in velocity caused by the difference in ambient pressure to exhaust pressure ( the overpressure losses) for a rocket taking off from the ground and reaching ...
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PhysicsForums Heaviest Lifting Aircraft?  
21:13 10-Aug-07   [Replies: 13, Views: 238]    By: Unnamed
I was reading about some recent announcements by Aeros and their competitor SkyCat, both of whom are seeking to marke large hybrid airships as a means of transporting very heavy payloads through the a...
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PhysicsForums aerodynamics  
15:02 10-Aug-07   [Replies: 6, Views: 197]    By: Unnamed
I am developing a new transportation system using Industrial Design methology and need to know aerodynamic smoth shipping contatners and capsules moving in ihe form of a train would be (as described i...
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PhysicsForums braking  
10:24 10-Aug-07   [Replies: 6, Views: 146]    By: Unnamed
could someone let me know the problems being faced while using disc brakes in any sort of vehicles?...
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PhysicsForums lifting line theory...numeric estimation  
07:53 10-Aug-07   [Replies: 11, Views: 1472]    By: Unnamed
hi, i am in the final yr aerospace engg.....i am trying to write a program on matlab to calculate the lift distribution over a wing using the numerical estimation based on the classic(prandtl) lift...
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PhysicsForums Crimp and compression crimp  
01:39 10-Aug-07   [Replies: 3, Views: 98]    By: Unnamed
Hi, Please explain .. What is Crimp amd compression crimp hose fittings? What are the advantages and disadvantages of flare and flareless fitting?When to go for flare and flareless fittings? ...
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PhysicsForums Launching of rocket in orbit.  
12:26 9-Aug-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 66]    By: Unnamed
I am searching formulas, calculations and which want other type of documents on trajectory, and launching of rockets. Like Coriolis Force and others equations....
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PhysicsForums I35W Bridge Collapse - Potential Flaw  
09:06 9-Aug-07   [Replies: 10, Views: 253]    By: Unnamed
This belongs under Civil/Structural, but is a Mechanical Engineering issue as well. Potential Flaw Seen in Design of Fallen Bridge, NYTimes, Aug 9 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/09/us/09bridge.htm...
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PhysicsForums Hybrid jet and Rocket engine  
08:30 9-Aug-07   [Replies: 4, Views: 113]    By: Unnamed
FYI: http://www.rutherford-research.ca/rr...Propulsion.php [http://www.rutherford-research.ca/rrx/aerospace/nextGenPropulsion.php]> Quote:...
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PhysicsForums Manned Mars mission in 2019?  
08:01 9-Aug-07   [Replies: 27, Views: 468]    By: Unnamed
What are the possibilities that there is a manned Mars mission in the year 2019 (or before)? What are the main problems we should solve, before we can send humans to Mars? Why is it difficult to so...
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PhysicsForums Advice needed in Aeronautical Engineering  
04:08 9-Aug-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 87]    By: Unnamed
hello! I am a 12 grade student living in Pakistan. I am interested in earning a bachelor engineering degree in aeronautical from an engineering university. I would like to ask : 1. What is t...
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PhysicsForums pressure drop in elbows & bends in a pipe  
01:30 9-Aug-07   [Replies: 7, Views: 244]    By: Unnamed
hi! i want to calculate pressure drops in a pipe having various elbows ,bends & valves.whts equation should be used to calculate the pressure drop. thanks gaurav...
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