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PhysicsForums Small turboshaft turbine with 140kW  
03:04 11-May-07   [Replies: 4, Views: 115]    By: Unnamed
hello, i have a project of a small turboshaft turbine with regenerator to produce a power of 140 kW, with aplications on ligth helicopters and industrial co-generation. does aonyone knows here i can f...
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PhysicsForums static pressure vs. dynamic pressure  
22:41 10-May-07   [Replies: 5, Views: 194]    By: Unnamed
I am having trouble relating the two quantities of dynamics and static pressure in: 1/2p*v^2 + p = constant, bernoullis equation, to corresponding physical descriptions. In what way do the air molecul...
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PhysicsForums how to calculate lift for delta wing  
03:03 10-May-07   [Replies: 9, Views: 1178]    By: Unnamed
is the formula below valid to calculate the lift coefficient for a delta wing? Cl=2*L/(rho*v^2*A) L=lift (N) rho= air density v= air velocity A=wing area im doing a subsonic wind tunnel p...
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PhysicsForums Friction of a pivot  
02:01 10-May-07   [Replies: 2, Views: 57]    By: Unnamed
Hi, I just wanted to verify that the Torque that the friction of a pivot would exert against the oscillation of a pendulum was: Torque = LaTeX Source CodeThe following code was used to generate ...
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PhysicsForums Mathematics involved in Aerodynamics  
22:42 9-May-07   [Replies: 7, Views: 147]    By: Unnamed
I'm just beginning to study aerodynamics, and i was wondering if anyone could list the topics, fields, and types of math that are used in textbooks, research papers, journals etc. that one would read ...
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PhysicsForums Scroller Roller Wheels  
03:03 8-May-07   [Replies: 6, Views: 92]    By: Unnamed
A few weeks ago I discovered this [http://www.erikbrinkman.com/scroller/]>, it's a design for bearings that don't use ball bearings, or liquids, gases or magnetic fields. It works in a similar way to ...
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PhysicsForums Latching mechanism for a tilting ramp  
03:02 8-May-07   [Replies: 10, Views: 200]    By: Unnamed
Hello all I have attcahed a WORD file that has a diagram that exlains the problem. When you open the file, you would see that I have a inclined part (called ramp) that pivots on a base. A ball (l...
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PhysicsForums aero-thermo-dynamic-ducts  
07:56 5-May-07   [Replies: 5, Views: 133]    By: Unnamed
i was reading about pulse jets and ram jets as part of my course on jet propulsion. all i was told was that they are aero-thermo-dynamic-ducts. couldn't understand what they mean. checked google, ...
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PhysicsForums aero-thermo-dynamic-ducts  
07:50 5-May-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 10]    By: Unnamed
i was reading about pulse jets and ram jets as part of my course on jet propulsion. all i was told was that they are aero-thermo-dynamic-ducts. couldn't understand what they mean. checked google, ...
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PhysicsForums coanda profile  
05:38 2-May-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 75]    By: Unnamed
Can some one spread more light on coanda profile its effects ,calculations etc...
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PhysicsForums anybody know how the x-zylo toy works? yours truly, physics noob  
04:19 29-Apr-07   [Replies: 6, Views: 200]    By: Unnamed
Hey surely you guys have heard of the x-zylo toy? Its a toy that has been known to fly 200+ yards. If you dont know about about it, do a google search on it. How does it work?...
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PhysicsForums Making a gas turbine engine  
15:50 27-Apr-07   [Replies: 26, Views: 743]    By: Unnamed
Hello guys, I'm a second year BSc aerospace student in Holland, and I'm thinking about making a gas turbine engine. I hope to specialize in powerplants eventually. You people seem knowledgeable, so...
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PhysicsForums need simple help for compressor sizing  
12:19 27-Apr-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 108]    By: Unnamed
just out of curiosity Would the combination of many smaller refrigeration compressors do the job with exact efficiency of one larger one for a specific volume....
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PhysicsForums Solar refrigeration. Largest size posible?  
09:22 27-Apr-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 106]    By: Unnamed
Is it posible to make a large trailer truck size refrigerator using solar panels as an energy source? Is it posible to have the refrigerator run totaly on dc??...
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PhysicsForums Displacement of a cable in tension  
06:08 27-Apr-07   [Replies: 2, Views: 86]    By: Unnamed
I have been stumped by this problem... If you have a vertial cable under tension of say 800N and you apply a horizontal tension at its mid point (node A), how can you calculate the horizontal defle...
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PhysicsForums How can i be an Astronaut?  
21:42 26-Apr-07   [Replies: 12, Views: 382]    By: Unnamed
Hi every body ,anyone can give me any idea about my Question !!...
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PhysicsForums Derivation of Energy Equation in Cylindrical Coordinates  
13:31 26-Apr-07   [Replies: 3, Views: 161]    By: Unnamed
So, I have searched the globe to find the derivation of the conservation of energy equation in 3D cylindrical coordinates. I have looked in about every heat transfer, thermodynamic, thermofluid books...
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PhysicsForums Helicopter aerodynamics  
09:42 26-Apr-07   [Replies: 5, Views: 507]    By: Unnamed
Hi, I have some questions about helicopter aerodynamics. I have been searching the web (and this forum) up and down but I could not find the answer. Maybe you can help. I want to calculate the cru...
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PhysicsForums why turbine has no. of stages  
05:51 26-Apr-07   [Replies: 6, Views: 226]    By: Unnamed
Hi, i m elect. engg and i wanna help frm mech ppl here, Why the turbine has stages like hp, ip and lp? Why not a single long turbine? I also want to know that if we want to trip a large turbine used...
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PhysicsForums Water guns  
20:39 25-Apr-07   [Replies: 6, Views: 336]    By: Unnamed
Currently on a forum about water guns there is a debate going on about what determines a water gun's performance between pressure and force. On one side are people who say that higher pressure differ...
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PhysicsForums compressible methane flows  
16:59 25-Apr-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 74]    By: Unnamed
What are the governing equations for compressible fluid flow? Specifically; methane gas inlet pressure of 25 psi through a 3/8" dia. pipe and I need to relate this to a methane flow of 392,000 B...
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PhysicsForums Product Second Moment of Area Ixy - Help!  
03:51 25-Apr-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 210]    By: Unnamed
hi, ive been tryign to work out the stress at a point for a T X-section area of a beam. However, the T-shape IS NOT symmetrical. The general formula is Ixy = Ixy g + AXY (X = X bar and Y = Y bar) ...
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PhysicsForums Career advice  
16:32 24-Apr-07   [Replies: 3, Views: 113]    By: Unnamed
I have a B.S.M.E. and now considering going back to get a MA in mathematics. Would this be a good career move or should I consider a MS in mechanical? I enjoy ME however I also enjoy mathematics. I am...
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PhysicsForums boat skimming across a lake  
13:43 24-Apr-07   [Replies: 8, Views: 204]    By: Unnamed
Could I build a boat that skims across the surface of a lake like a stone and only needs an injection of thrust from an engine now and again to keep it going? Perhaps such a boat would have a rotating...
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PhysicsForums Motorcycle carrier  
20:30 23-Apr-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 139]    By: Unnamed
Thanks for all the help with the information you all gave me on making an motorcycle carrier on the back of my Motor-home, I downsized from wanting to carry my Goldwing (800#) to carrying my Suzuki 40...
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