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mechanical engineering
Category: Miscellaneous Asked by: kiransoo-ga List Price: $10.00 |
Posted:
15 Jun 2003 05:27 PDT
Expires: 15 Jul 2003 05:27 PDT Question ID: 217562 |
A vehicle to travel 10m in the fastest possible time without using batteries as a power of source.How would you explain the device. |
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Re: mechanical engineering
From: hsthompson-ga on 15 Jun 2003 17:58 PDT |
A suicide bomber, maybe? Seriously, you are going to have to define your boundary conditions much better. What is the vehicle's intended payload? How many G-forces or what impulse force can the payload withstand? Is the vehicle supposed to be used more than once? What media is the vehicle traveling through? Offhand, I think a railgun projectile is the fastest thing humans have made, outside of atomic particle accelerators and light bulbs. |
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Re: mechanical engineering
From: funkywizard-ga on 15 Jun 2003 22:28 PDT |
I would say directed explosive decompression would probably do the trick nicely. |
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Re: mechanical engineering
From: flajason-ga on 16 Jun 2003 09:40 PDT |
As hsthompson validly pointed out, there needs to be more information on the parameters of this experiment. I am going to interpret vehicle as some sort of wheeled device like a car or cycle. In that sense, you have two choices, propel the device by providing rotational energy to the wheels, or propel the device with a reaction engine (i.e. jet or rocket) Since you are only looking to travel 10 meters at a fast speed, I would recommend a reaction engine. You would lose too much energy and acceleration to friction by providing energy to the wheels. You would also want the highest power to weight ratio that you can afford. If this is like a model car, a hobby rocket engine strapped to the back would provide a very fast acceleration for the 10 meter course. Be very careful if using a roket engine. Even though they are built for models, they are still extremely dangerous. Do not use without experience or supervision. Other options (depending on size and weight) are CO2 cartridges or air pressure (an empty plastic soda bottle pumped full of high pressure air). -flajason |
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