Hi!
I'm a first-year engineering student. I'm working on a project and was having trouble getting some of the software. I was hoping someone in this forum knew what I was dealing with and could help me out. I would really appreciate it. :)
The code is called PLUTO. It's found here...
... but I haven't been around for a while!
I joined this site a couple of years back but I haven't been all that active. Now that I'm in my second semester of first-year engineering at the University of Toronto, I'd say that's going to change. :)
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Harvard University has an interesting article on a rod whose end that falls faster than gravity around a pivot.
http://sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu/presentations/falling-faster-g
How did they derive this formula?
Where R is length of rod/2, or the centre of mass.
Why did they use...
Ah! Thanks so much, I'm not sure why I'm having trouble visualizing this problem in particular.
So in the design of a super fast chain would have as many bars as possible.
Thanks so much again!
Brilliant! Thank you so much for the explanation. :) Very helpful!
I have a followup question:
I came to the derivation for acceleration of the free end of a rod with one end on the table and the other one in the air, angled at x.
a=3/2×g×cos^2(θ)
This means that the maximum acceleration would...
http://ruina.tam.cornell.edu/research/topics/fallingchains/chain_paperV13revised.pdf
And this website summarizes it:
http://ruina.tam.cornell.edu/research/topics/fallingchains/
Would something like this work as a workable derivation, even though it assumes the object starts at rest...
I am a Canadian student in grade 11. I love physics (though I'm not very good at it) so I hope this is the place to find out more about what I'm passionate about.
I am currently interested in competing in the International Young Physicists Tournament.
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Hi! I am new to the forums and this is my first question.
I am investigating the properties of this type of chain.
In order to understand it better, I need to know the physics behind a falling angled rod.
I understand that the other end speeds up to conserve momentum, but I do not understand...