Monte Carlo Simulation of a liquid - Need help computing g(r)
EDIT: I'm not in my sharpest moment. I just found a bunch of posts that discuss this. I'll read them and update this post if I find an answer. I'm working on a hard-sphere MC simulation (for a class)....
View ArticlePredicting Coefficients of Restitution
Hello everyone, this is my first post here, so please try to be patient with me. Thanks! :) I am trying to build a very basic physics engine, and seek a method to predict the coefficient of restitution...
View ArticleExplanation of Electric Waves
I am currently studying antenna's and the concept of reflected waves and reflected power inside conductors really confuses me. When I imagine an AC current flow inside a conductor I imagine all the...
View ArticleCoulomb's Law/Universal Gravitation for Magnets
Hey, everyone, I'm new here. I signed up to get an equation that I would really like to find, but I've been searching for a few days and haven't found anything that helped. What I'm wondering is how to...
View ArticleCapacitors with unequally charged plates?
I'm currently on the chapter on capacitors in my physics book. I'm starting to get the concept, but everything still isn't crystal clear. I get that you can store charges in two plates, one containing...
View ArticleMore on super-reflective surfaces.
So, I'm just going to suggest a circumstance, and leave it up for discussion. I recently read an interesting forum on super reflective material in which all energy is reflected (all theoretical, of...
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Assigning Polarities and using them in KVL equation, circuits
I am having trouble understanding how to assign polarities to voltage when it goes through components of a circuit and how those polarities determine the sign of the quantities I put in the KVL...
View ArticleHamilton's equations for double pendulum
At the bottom of the following web site are the 4 equations that I am using for a double pendulum simulation. http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/phys...ePendulum.html The equation for C2 has the variables...
View ArticleAlternating current and magnetic fields
We know that a direct current generates a magnetic field which surrounds the wire in circular patterns (right-hand rule). However when alternating current runs through a wire, no actual electrons are...
View ArticlePowered sphere completely surrounded by perfect mirrors
I humbly ask for people's opinions on the following hypothetical setup: A solid black body sphere in space is supplied by an internal nuclear energy source with a constant power flux to its surface of...
View ArticleInterpretation of the fictitious force
Hello. Before I ask a question I want you to remind that it is my first time to use this page. And I am not even good at speaking english. My question is about the fictitious forces. I have made a long...
View ArticleG Forces experienced by human if rotated inside a giant hampster wheel
I am working on an a project that consists of a giant wheel with a 30m radius that will be rotating at a velocity fast enough to keep a human on the inside surface of the wheel without being attached....
View Articlemagnetic field directionality, mathematic rigmarole?
The force as a result of a moving charged particle through a magnetic field is perpendicular to the field apparently. Why should the magnetic field be perpendicular to the force created as a result....
View ArticleBinding Energy of MbO2
Hey everyone, I got a problem in my thermodynamics class that asked me to find the binding energy of MbO2, but I am not sure of the equation to use. I did not want to post in homework section with out...
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Calculating Reflective coefficient for glass slab
Okay, so now I've lost all confidence in myself. I've had a lot of issues calculating the reflective coefficient for a glass slab and a thin film solar cell. I know this method isn't perfect, and not...
View Articleradiant energy, spectral absorption and solid angles...
Hi I'm trying to follow a derivation, I don't think I'm allowed to post the content (copyright) but the paper is here: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...2240739290117M. Does anyone have access to...
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The Effect a Raindrop Has On a Bullet
I had asked a question on the effect Recoil has on a bullet's trajectory and got wonderful help from this site. Thank you! Now I have another question... I used to think rain had no effect on a bullet...
View Articlefingerprints on glass
My thinking today at lunch ... You fill up the cylindrical glass with water. You take it to hands and you can see fingerprints through the water. The others parts of glass is like mirror. Why you see...
View ArticleIs AC current analogous to sound waves?
It is really hard to picture current as a wave. The best explanation I have had so far is that the energy is transferred along the wire as a longitudinal wave of compressions of charge density, just...
View Article2D Doppler Shift / Relative Velocities
Hi, I'm trying to adapt the doppler shift formula for a stationary listener and a source traveling in a straight line towards/away from the listener to the case where the source does not move straight...
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