Statics

You have all of class today to work on the Activity that was handed out yesterday.

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Statics

Define the following terms related to statics:

• Abutment
• Arch Bridge
• Beam Bridge
• Cable Stayed Bridge
• Compression
• Equilibrium
• Force
• Free Body Diagram
• Friction
• Impending Motion
• Mass
• Moments
• Newton's Laws
• Resultant
• Scalar Quantity
• Suspension Bridge
• Tension
• Vector Quantity
• Weight
  

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Robo-Wrapup

We're reaching the end of our robotics studies. 

Make sure that you have all Activities turned in (4.4a-4.5h)...

...BY THURSDAY!!!

Today is our last day to finish up with the Sumo cars.

Friday is when we'll actually be testing the cars.

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Activate

We should/ could be getting through Activity 4.5f today if we really work quickly. 

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RoboPro

Today we're starting the RoboPro Tutorials...

Fischertechnik

Fischertechniks

Check this out...

This too...


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I ROBOT

We're starting our unit on control systems today.

The circuit assignment is due tomorrow.


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Electricity

Let's solve this circuit.


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Electricity Vocab Terms

Do By Friday for Homework.

Define the following electrical terms by posting a comment to this blog or by hand.

1. Analog
2. Current
3. Digital
4. Generator
5. Hysteresis
6. I/O
7. Interface
8. Load
9. Magnetism
10. Memory
11. Motor
12. Ohm's Law
13. Parallel
14. Power
15. Processor
16. Receiver
17. Rectification
18. Relay
19. Resistance
20. Semiconductor
21. Series
22. Solenoid
23. Strain
24. Stress
25. Switch
26. Synchronous
27. Transducer
28. Voltage
29. Watt's Law

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Electricity

We're starting a new unit on Electricity today.

Check out this Java applet...


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Friday

Today is for Fluid Power presentations.

The take-home is due Tuesday.


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Fluid Power Wrap-Up

Yeah... I thought you'd go for a take home quiz...

To conclude our work on fluid power, I'm going to let you guys do some of the fun stuff...

Your assignment:

• Due first thing on Monday (02.09.09)
  
• Write a "test-style" question for each of the 4 Fluid Power Laws.
• Each question must include a clear problem statement and a diagram.
• example:

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Fluid Power

Today's assignment is NOT to be done in groups:

• Draw a schematic diagram (single view, not to scale) of your group's fluid power system.
• Label all of the items, subsystems, elements, and other stuff in your diagram.
• On a seperate sheet, write a paragraph about how the fluid power laws fit into your system. Consult the PowerPoints that I handed out for details on the laws.

btw: Your PoierPoints should be completed for tomorrow.


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Monday

Continue on with the fluid power research.

Each group should upload their work at the end of class.

These should be done by the end of class tomorrow.


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Lo Siento

Lo siento, pero no aqui hoy.

With that being said, you should all be hard at work with your Fluid Power research.

**Just a reminder**
I want to see your progress at the end of class Monday!
NO EXCUSES!!!


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Welcome Back

We're still working on the Fluid Power Activity today...

New Terms

Define the following:

• Accumulator
• Actuator
• Bernoulli's Law
• Boyle's Law
• Centrifugal
• Charles' Law
• Compressor
• Diaphragm
• Displacement
• Dynamics
• Filter
• Fluid
• Fluid Tank
• Hydraulic Fluid
• Kinetic Energy
• Pascal's Law
• Pressure
• Pump
• Reciprocating
• Regulator
• Statics
• Temperature
• Valve
• Viscosity
• Volume

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MIDTERM

Your comprehensive Midterm exam is scheduled for Wednesday @ 7:49a-9:10a.

You are permitted a 3"x5" piece of paper for the exam as a cheat sheet {equation sheet}.


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TGIF

Today we're focusing our efforts on completing Activity 4.2a.

Due by the end of class or first thing Monday morning.


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Thursday's quiz

In a comment to this blog...

Describe the following in your own words:

• Convection
• Conduction
• Radiation

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Wednesday

I'm sorry I'm still out... I look like a chipmunk...

Your assignment due Friday is Activity 4.2a Conduction and Convection

USE
LOGIN: ssca
PASSWORD: ssca

Read everything carefully. Do the best you can. Make approximations when necessary, just write everything down. The emphasis of the activity is on the process, not the precission.

I should be back tomorrow.


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Tuesday

Read over and begin he activity on convection and conduction that was passed out before break.

Thermodynamics

I'm not here today...

Your assignment today is to study heat transfer.

Your assignment has 2 parts.

ONE - Explore the following website:

• CLICK HERE TO BEGIN
  
• Be prepared for a quiz on this tomorrow.
  

TWO - Find internet images.

• Find and save at least one image from the internet which shows/ exemplifies each of the 3 main heat transfer modes: convection, conduction and raditation.
• 3 images total.
• Be prepared to share your findings.

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Merry Christams

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!

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Heat engines

I'm not here today. 

This is your final day to finish gathering resources and information about your heat engines.

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