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  2. Capstan equation - Wikipedia

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    The applied tension () is a function of the total angle subtended by the rope on the capstan. On the verge of slipping, this is also the frictional force, which is by definition μ {\textstyle \mu } times the normal force R ( φ ) {\displaystyle R(\varphi )} .

  3. Tension (physics) - Wikipedia

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    Tension is the pulling or stretching force transmitted axially along an object such as a string, rope, chain, rod, truss member, or other object, so as to stretch or pull apart the object. In terms of force, it is the opposite of compression. Tension might also be described as the action-reaction pair of forces acting at each end of an object.

  4. Surface tension - Wikipedia

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    Nayar et al. correlated the data with the following equation = (+ +) where γ sw is the surface tension of seawater in mN/m, γ w is the surface tension of water in mN/m, S is the reference salinity [41] in g/kg, and t is temperature in degrees Celsius. The average absolute percentage deviation between measurements and the correlation was 0.19% ...

  5. Capillary number - Wikipedia

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    where is the dynamic viscosity of the liquid, is a characteristic velocity and is the surface tension or interfacial tension between the two fluid phases. Being a dimensionless quantity, the capillary number's value does not depend on the system of units.

  6. Washburn's equation - Wikipedia

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    Washburn's equation is also used commonly to determine the contact angle of a liquid to a powder using a force tensiometer. [ 5 ] In the case of porous materials, many issues have been raised both about the physical meaning of the calculated pore radius r {\displaystyle r} [ 6 ] and the real possibility to use this equation for the calculation ...

  7. Piston motion equations - Wikipedia

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    For rod length 6" and crank radius 2" (as shown in the example graph below), numerically solving the acceleration zero-crossings finds the velocity maxima/minima to be at crank angles of ±73.17615°. Then, using the triangle law of sines, it is found that the rod-vertical angle is 18.60647° and the crank-rod angle is 88.21738°. Clearly, in ...

  8. Circular motion - Wikipedia

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    Angle ω dt is the very small angle between the two velocities and tends to zero as dt → 0. Figure 3: (Left) Ball in a circular motion – rope provides centripetal force to keep the ball in a circle (Right) Rope is cut and the ball continues in a straight line with the velocity at the time of cutting the rope, in accord with Newton's law of ...

  9. Angular velocity - Wikipedia

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    The angular velocity of the particle at P with respect to the origin O is determined by the perpendicular component of the velocity vector v.. In the simplest case of circular motion at radius , with position given by the angular displacement () from the x-axis, the orbital angular velocity is the rate of change of angle with respect to time: =.