To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.roboticsOpen lugnet.robotics in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 Robotics / 21200
21199  |  21201
Subject: 
Re: Pneumatic Magic Presetnation Maertials
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Wed, 20 Aug 2003 05:05:01 GMT
Viewed: 
289 times
  
In lugnet.technic, Kevin L. Clague wrote:
In lugnet.technic, Ross Crawford wrote:
Which was the basis of my original suggestion, that the smaller volume on the
"contract" side of pistons (both large and small) would imply that they contract
slightly faster than they expand, but with slightly less force?

Yes.  The contract face of the piston has less area than the expand face.

Whew! Glad we got that worked out! But that contradicts what you say in the PPT
presentation, as I pointed out originally!
http://news.lugnet.com/technic/?n=11127

ROSCO



Message has 1 Reply:
  Re: Pneumatic Magic Presetnation Maertials
 
(...) update. That is what I love about LEGO, learning and discovery. I'm a computer engineer, not a physicist, and the things I make are highly physical. In this case, incomplete comprehension of the theory got in the way of practical (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)

Message is in Reply To:
  Re: Pneumatic Magic Presetnation Maertials
 
(...) Yes. The contract face of the piston has less area than the expand face. (...) Kevin (21 years ago, 19-Aug-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)

30 Messages in This Thread:





Entire Thread on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact

This Message and its Replies on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact
    
Active threads in Robotics

 
Verified and Trusted Team of Hackers
23 hours ago
Custom Search

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR