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PhysicsForums Effects of finish of heat transfer capability  
12:15 10-Jul-07   [Replies: 16, Views: 258]    By: Unnamed
I'm working on a project that involves putting electronics equipment into a solid metal (aluminum) case. The cases are sealed watertight and I need to be able to transfer the heat originated at the e...
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PhysicsForums jet engine rotation  
12:20 7-Jul-07   [Replies: 5, Views: 240]    By: Unnamed
last year i did a jet engine workshop n one of the instructor there told us that both the engines on an aircraft(ofcourse an aircraft with an engine on each wing or maybe more on each) are run in same...
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PhysicsForums elliptical distribution  
13:04 5-Jul-07   [Replies: 5, Views: 158]    By: Unnamed
what exactly is the elliptical distribution in relation with the lift distribution along the span of a wing. i googled it but all it comes is something related to the calculus n all mathematics(lets f...
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PhysicsForums engine sound  
12:58 5-Jul-07   [Replies: 44, Views: 643]    By: Unnamed
hi to all, this is my first post here n quite a stupid one last day i had a discussion with my friend over this.. what exactly is the reason behind that sound of the engine??? i mean is it the soun...
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PhysicsForums Need Materials for "Stability and Control Helicopter"  
05:57 1-Jul-07   [Replies: 6, Views: 170]    By: Unnamed
Hi everyboy ! I'm now very disappointed, it's beause I have googled the materials of "stability and control helicopter" and what I got is nothing but disapointment. So, I need your help f...
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PhysicsForums I am interested in building a rocket with feedback control system....  
23:16 29-Jun-07   [Replies: 3, Views: 205]    By: Unnamed
so I have been interested in model rocketry lately and I was wondering how feasible it would be to design and build a model rocket for my senior project complete with a control system to ensure it fli...
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PhysicsForums how to make a brick making machine ?  
09:12 26-Jun-07   [Replies: 14, Views: 489]    By: Unnamed
Hello Engineers, Can anyone help me make a brick making machine ? Does anyone have experience in these type of machines ? HELP PLEASEEE! Thanks. Zeelo...
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PhysicsForums Offcentre thrust, spinning spaceship  
06:25 25-Jun-07   [Replies: 21, Views: 401]    By: Unnamed
This isnt really an aerospace problem, just basic physics. Been thinking about hardSF spaceship designs. Could someone comment on my logic and maths? The basic plan has a nuclear powerplant and a h...
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PhysicsForums Wing weights  
03:30 25-Jun-07   [Replies: 5, Views: 175]    By: Unnamed
Can anyone give me some listing or a table for roughly estimating wing weights per structural material used. I'd like to have an estimate of the weight of the wing only, not the whole aircraft itse...
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PhysicsForums homebuilt axail turbojet  
06:47 21-Jun-07   [Replies: 21, Views: 713]    By: Unnamed
hi, ive started drawing up plans for a small axail turbojet and i was wondering(for financial reasons) what the negative effects vs positive effects would be of having a straight cylindrical rod-lik...
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PhysicsForums Closed Form Equation for Spherical Error Probable (SEP) 95% and 99%?  
20:16 20-Jun-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 128]    By: Unnamed
Hi. Does anyone know of a closed from equation for SEP 95% or 99%? Thanks, Tina...
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PhysicsForums why do you aerospace engineers have such a hard time making spacecraft?  
00:28 20-Jun-07   [Replies: 55, Views: 1503]    By: Unnamed
isnt possible to make cost efficient spacecraft by putting multiple types of rockets on a ship which can then alternate rocket engine at different levels of the atmosphere and eventually escape into s...
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PhysicsForums Siemens Competition..MHD Generator  
10:34 19-Jun-07   [Replies: 7, Views: 466]    By: Unnamed
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/...aid/23619.html [http://www.collegeboard.com/student/pay/scholarships-and-aid/23619.html]> I'm going to be entering into that (^^^) competition with one other ...
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PhysicsForums hi all...a newbies here.  
02:50 18-Jun-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 19]    By: Unnamed
hi all and good day... i'm luzirahs, 28y/o guy from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. i found out that this forum is so informative and the discussions are good. i feel like wanna share my humble knowledge...
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PhysicsForums running aid  
17:34 17-Jun-07   [Replies: 6, Views: 210]    By: Unnamed
Hello I am quite a physics noob and the following is something I wouldn't bet on but is more of physcis concept practice. But if it works, great! Specific questions/problems that I would like an an...
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PhysicsForums Help with course electives/hottest engineering topics  
00:04 17-Jun-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 191]    By: Unnamed
Hi, I will be starting my third year as an engineering science major at UCSD. Fall quarter starts in a few months so I need to know my course electives so I can take necessary preqrequisites. I wou...
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PhysicsForums Help on project ideas!!  
13:27 14-Jun-07   [Replies: 17, Views: 451]    By: Unnamed
I'm a 3rd year student of mechanical engineering. I have to submit a proposal for a project within a week. The project should be on control and measurement. I need some ideas and any web links related...
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PhysicsForums Balancing of cylinder/rotor  
07:15 14-Jun-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 134]    By: Unnamed
Need to learn how to calculate value and position of a unbalance weight on a cylinder Please check the link below contains the problem with my explaination and can you explain my question on last p...
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PhysicsForums propeller problem  
06:40 14-Jun-07   [Replies: 16, Views: 446]    By: Unnamed
"Pitch is defined as the theoretical forward movement of a propeller during one revolution — assuming there is no "slippage" between the propeller blade and the water" i dont, kin...
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PhysicsForums Maglev Train  
01:04 14-Jun-07   [Replies: 3, Views: 144]    By: Unnamed
Hey guys could some one give me a link to an engineering report on maglev trains. Im doing an assessment on braking systems and have chosen magnetic brakes from the maglev train. So i need a full on c...
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PhysicsForums shaft end locking method  
00:37 14-Jun-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 126]    By: Unnamed
Dear all, A timing belt pulley is mounted upon a shaft from this drive is being transmitted. In the shaft lay out fixing shaft in the bearings,next putting key over the shaft,& mounting the pull...
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PhysicsForums Some Help with Propellers  
21:42 11-Jun-07   [Replies: 4, Views: 138]    By: Unnamed
Does anybody here knows how can i calculate (or plot) the Thrust as an airspeed function? I guess it'd be something related with Pitch, Diameter, HP, air density... Or... a way to calculate R...
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PhysicsForums A Jet Engine doubt.........  
10:56 11-Jun-07   [Replies: 25, Views: 479]    By: Unnamed
Hi folks.... My aerospace propulsion professor taught me that, in the combustion chamber of a jet engine, during combustion, the pressure instead of increasing, decreases. I have 2 questions. 1) Is...
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PhysicsForums analysing a photo of a mechanical cam  
04:13 11-Jun-07   [Replies: 4, Views: 185]    By: Unnamed
hi all I have an image of a mechnaical cam from a linotype printing press. I want to get angular dispalcemetns, angular velocities and angular accelerations of this cam from the image. Is thi...
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PhysicsForums Power from Solar Wind  
00:55 11-Jun-07   [Replies: 6, Views: 214]    By: Unnamed
Is there enough power coming from solar wind to some how collect and store as energy....
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