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Hello all, I have a (at what first seemed) fairly simple question about calculating the forces on this fulcrum design I have. Here is an image of the sketch and free body diagram that I drew: Basically, the pivot point in my real life application is actually a cam, but for the sake of this...

By distributed equally, do you mean P_IN=P_1=P_2=P_3?

Thanks for the reply. I believe there is a pressure gradient, though. The outlet is atmospheric pressure, where as P_IN is some value higher than atmospheric pressure. This pressure difference, by definition, creates a pressure gradient, correct? Thank you.

Hello all, I am trying to figure out how to calculate the torque on a cam shaft. Say we are looking at this cam and cam follower: If we know that the total force downward caused by the cam follower is, let's say, 50lb, how do I determine the torque required of the cam shaft to rotate the...

Thank you for the response. So essentially, neglecting real world losses, the total pressure is the same no matter where in the system you look. However, the main inlet has a higher dynamic pressure than the branches, and the branches have a higher static pressure than the main inlet. Is this...

I think this helped, thank you. So essentially, since the flow through the main pipe and through all three branches in considered one "stream", the energy at anyone point in the stream has to be the same at all the other points, correct? This means, as you said, that when the flow splits off...

You are correct, I certainly cannot tell him/her that. I would support this hypothesis by saying that according to Bernoullis Principle, energy in a stream is conserved - meaning that the total energy contained in our volume of air will stay the same (assuming no losses). So, knowing that our...

Hello all, I am a mechanical engineer, graduated just last year. Although I am not working with fluid mechanics right now, I was browsing through my fluids book from school and saw the section on pipe networks. As I was reading, I developed this question which I could not find an answer to in...

Hello all, I was wondering if there was a way of solving a matrix on a TI-36X Pro that has complex numbers in it. Every time I try, it just says "invalid data type". Is there any way of getting around this? Thanks! Robert

Homework Statement Laplace Transform teat Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/6449/homeworkhelp.jpg Not sure where I am going wrong. I feel like I did integration by parts incorrectly, because the anser I have boxed is not the...