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What Makes A Ship Move?
DrD posted a blog entry in Mechanics Corner,
Mechanics Corner
A Journal of Applied Mechanics and Mathematics by DrD, #47
What Makes a Ship Move?
One of the problems that often confronts engineers is the description of large, interconnected systems. Engineers tend to specialize, so that one is very knowledgeable on gears, another knows bearings, a third knows pumps, but none of them are comfortable with the whole system. In the automotive context, this is often expressed as, "How does the engine cause the car to move forward?" On the one hand, most engineers can describe the process in words, but they are far less quick to talk about equations for the whole system. Here, I will address a similar modeling question in the marine context, "What makes a ship move?"
WhatMakesAShipMove.pdf
A Journal of Applied Mechanics and Mathematics by DrD, #47
What Makes a Ship Move?
One of the problems that often confronts engineers is the description of large, interconnected systems. Engineers tend to specialize, so that one is very knowledgeable on gears, another knows bearings, a third knows pumps, but none of them are comfortable with the whole system. In the automotive context, this is often expressed as, "How does the engine cause the car to move forward?" On the one hand, most engineers can describe the process in words, but they are far less quick to talk about equations for the whole system. Here, I will address a similar modeling question in the marine context, "What makes a ship move?"
WhatMakesAShipMove.pdf
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Why first angle and third angle projection method is used in machine design and why second and fourth angle method is not used?
saurabhjain posted a blog entry in Mechanical Engineering Questions,
Why first angle and third angle method is used and why second and fourth angle method is not used?
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Why diesel Engine don't have spark plug?
saurabhjain posted a blog entry in Mechanical Engineering Questions,
Why diesel Engine don't have spark plug?
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