Questions tagged [moments]
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Friction Clamp/Brake Conundrum
I'm trying to calculate the amount of torque I need to put into my braking mechanism in order to hold up a weight. The weight is 18kg at the end of a 170mm arm. this should result in an approx. 30Nm ...
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Help understanding why bending moment is integral of shear
I am aware of the basics of Euler-Bernoulli beam theory but there is one thing that I have never understood satisfactorily. Where $M$ is the bending moment, and $V$ the shear force:
$$\frac{dM}{dx}=V\,...
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Do tensile and compressive stresses create moments?
Below are 3 examples I designed. My question is about the tensile and compressive stresses that occur in 3 examples under the influence of a horizontal force F=100N (earthquake force). I ask my ...
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Understanding moment load on axis (for robotic arm)
Check Pete comment for explanation below :) thank you Pete!
I need help understanding a concept im struggling with for quite a while now.
Im looking at different type of robotic arm designs, and some ...
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Counter-intuitive behavior of chain drive
In a chain drive system, sprocket 2 has a motor attached, sprocket 1
is being driven.
The blue construction is static and immobile.
Before starting the motor, both load cells show 0 (tare).
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Determine moment and shear stress door
Determine shear stress and moment of bolt:
Internal Height of Door = 198.2 cm
Internal Width of Door = 89.9 cm
Thickness Door = 3.9 cm
Weight Door = 45.76 kg or448.9 N
Elasticity = 9.8 GPa or N/mm2
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Self Locking Brake Question
I've been staring at this problem for statics for quite a while now and I just don't understand it. The question states:
"The brake is to be designed to be self locking, that is, it will not ...
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Justification for choice of beam stiffness at pinned far-end member
I’m reading off an example provided by the ICE structural analysis book, specifically example 4.7 (moment distribution method) I dont seem to understand why the stiffness from member D-C is 4EI/L ...
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What is the moment of inertia of a circular segment?
Hi I read this response but it isn't exactly my situation I have a circle where the axis of rotation is on the c axis like this for a segment equal to the green.
Specifically, I have a round steel ...
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How do I determine the moment of force that would have to be applied to the shaft to open the gate in this question on fluid statics?
I am presently studying fluid statics from Munson's textbook. I do not understand part (b) of example 2.6. The full question is as follows:
GIVEN The 4-m-diameter circular gate of Fig. E2.6a is ...
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Period of oscilation of thin plate in the form of circular section
A thin plate of mass m in the form of a circular section of radius R and angle alpha is hanged to oscillate back and fort from a horizontal support. Find its period of oscillation.
I am confused how ...
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Does a disk placed in a pipe perpendicular to flow direction of fluid feel dynamic pressure or total pressure?
There are two discs in the pipe but not at the same time. You can consider conditions with X but without Y, then with Y and without X.
I am pretty sure that disc X will feel less force from fluid than ...
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What happens if we have a rotating shaft with high RPM but very little torque?
If there are heavy components mounted on it, what will happen?
I think it accelerates very slowly, but reaches at the highest RPM at the end
because torque is equal to angular acceleration * moment ...
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Deflection of a log splitter beam
I'm designing a machine that can be simplified as a log splitter. It will have a long, central beam that will resist both the forces of a force pushing out and the moment that will be caused by the ...
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What causes an EUC to propel forwards when leaned forwards?
I have heavily edited the question, as its previous standing was quite hopeless
Thinking about a simple model of a unicycle, where the rider is a uniformly distributed rod and the unicycle just ...