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With global warming predicted to raise sea levels considerably in upcoming years dykes may become more popular around the globe.
It has been said that London England will be underwater in the future!!

Graham

Thanks Marchello for the brief Dutch language lesson.Very similar to the Latin.

How are those dykes holding up??

Graham

OK I get it A higher value of "moment of inertia "for something like a flywheel would require more time to reach max velocity than one with a lower value. A logical fact and not something to fret or lose sleep over . Thankyou again Marchello I was born and raised in England and when they a...

Could one of you good people please explain to me what the "moment of inertia"is on the properties table of a circle .
How does this number expressed in " lb-in^2 "affect the results of a sim in WM2D ?

Maybe this is one for you Marchello

Graham

Well partly yes, however my primary issue of discovering just what was behind the oilcloth still remains stubbornly out of reach

Graham

Thankyou Marchello,
I have to say that I'm impressed with your math skills.
May the force be with you.

Graham

Thanks for the feedback guys,
One more question. What is the difference between a cartesian and a polar vector

Graham

Hello all, Is the attached WM2d result correct? I have an inclined surface and am representing atmospheric pressure applied to the entire surface by the force arrow to its midpoint. I was expecting the 42lbs of pressure to be halved in the X & Y directions giving 21lbs equally. As you can see WM...

Cox used barometric pressure variations to wind a spring via a ratchet arrangement. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cox%27s_timepiece Wikipidea states it is not perpetual motion because it derives its power from an outside source. I disagree since nothing is being consumed or changed in my opinion. Gra...

Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing...

Thankyou Murilo for your kind comments.

I was thinking that everyone thought I was a bit nuts.

I'll take those old songs from long ago any day.
This one is very special !!

All the best to you

Graham

This old song comes to mind as I strive to solve this mystery that has been sleeping now for far too long.
If you've been around a while you might remember it .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cV_3R6L ... re=related

Graham

Dear path_finder, I got it. However ,if we don't need fossil fuels to light and heat our homes and neither run the engines of our cars and trucks. Then the oil moguls will certainly feel the pain.

Graham

I found the answer on a U S energy information website. How much oil is used to make plastic? In 2006,1 about 331 million barrels of liquid petroleum gases (LPG) and natural gas liquids (NGL) were used to make plastic products in the plastic materials and resins industry in the United States, equal ...

Path_Finder wrote:

Don't forget the oil is a mandatory (50% is still used for the plastics industry).

Where did you get this number ? It sounds rather high to me .

Graham