Questions tagged [dissipation]
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What happens with the energy released after a particles collision?
From the website of CERN: "Collisions in the LHC generate temperatures more than 100,000 times hotter than the centre of the Sun.". My question is, what happens to the energy released after the ...
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Where exactly does the drag force come from when using eddy currents?
I read the Wikipedia page on eddy currents and the explanation for braking confused me
At the leading edge of the magnet (left side) by the right hand rule the counterclockwise current creates a ...
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Sign of the work done by dissipation forces
I don't understand this passage from the book I'm reading:
Physically, it is clear that a system cannot be conservative if
friction or other dissipation forces are present, because
$\mathbf{F}\...
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Perpetual Motion Machine 1: Magnetic Superconductor Loop Generating Energy with Piezoelectrics [closed]
I know there are a lot of perpetual motion machine designs out there, but I haven't found one that looks like this one. I will use this diagram.
Assume the entire ring is made of a superconducting "...
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What is complex frequency? [closed]
I am learning EE, and about complex frequencies, but what is its physical meaning? What is it used for? Why is it? And only happen in the laplace transform?
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what are the sources of energy loss for a ball rolling down slope?
I am experimenting in lab with an iron sphere rolling down a smooth aluminum ramp.
The final velocity is smaller than the one predicted assuming energy conservation (see calculations below), which ...
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What is the difference between Non-Conservative and Dissipative?
We often hear these terms. However, they are often confused to be synonyms, but they are not.
What are the rigorous definitions of them?
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Potential, Kinetic, Thermal Energy?
When things move, potential energy turns into Kinetic energy, right? Then how does Kinetic energy convert to thermal energy?
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Why can't we make a perpetual motion machine by using a magnet to pull up a piece of metal, then letting it fall back down? [duplicate]
Obviously, a perpetuum mobile isn't possible by any law in physics, because energy can't be "created" or "destroyed", only transformed.
This said, I've had an idea for a perpetuum mobile and can't ...
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LC-circuit and the current
A capacitor and a coil are charged in the LC circuit. When the circuit switch is closed, the current starts to flow. In theory the oscillations and the current do not deteriorate, but why in reality ...
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Why friction causes energy to be lost in terms of heat when it appears to be an energy transfer mechanicsm?
For example, when we move/walk, we apply a force (via friction) on earth, and the earth in turn on us. So essentially I see it as an energy transfer as follows:
Suppose I move in same direction as ...
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Lagrangian for first order equation of motion? [duplicate]
Let us have the following equation of motion (it might not necessarily correspond to a physical system):
$$\dot{x} + a \cdot x + b \cdot x^2 + c=0.$$
I would like to deduce the corresponding ...
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Are there any time-periodic solutions to Einstein's equations apart from black holes?
Are there any solutions to Einstein's equations which are periodic in time?
A black hole only has mass, charge and angular momentum according to the no-hair theorem. (Although this might just mean in ...
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Dissipation of energy in inductors
Please explain the dissipation of energy in a circuit containing a resistance and inductor after the switched in the circuit is opened.I mean how do you explain that the energy that is across inductor ...
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Damped drive oscillating systems
I am currently looking at the theory of find the viscosity of and object through damped harmonic motion, and tho it can be done there is obviously a limitation with regrades to the medium. If the ...
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Greiner's Green's function for diffusion
I am reading Greiner's "Quantum Electrodynamics". In example 1.5 he derives the Green's function for diffusion. I am stuck on a step in the derivation.
He has the defining differential equation as
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Why do energy transfers always result some heat loss?
explain that energy transfers and transformations in mechanical systems always result in some heat loss to the environment. Like why is it necessary for a heat loss?
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How is the simple damper equation derived?
I know the spring is modeled as $F_{\text{elastic}} = k\cdot x$ when the displacements are small since this is empirically based, but what happens with $F_{\text{damping}}=c\cdot\dot{x}$? It is the ...
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Harmonic motion with friction [closed]
Consider an undamped mass and spring system with friction. The friction is not proportional to the velocity of the mass. If we solve the corresponding differential equation,the spring will oscillate ...
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Explanation of a spring using “Artistotle's law of motion”, $\vec{F}=m\vec{v}$
So I was watching Susskind's Classical Mechanics lectures and I didn't understand something in the second lecture.
He was telling about Aristotle's Law of motion which is $$\vec F = m\vec v.$$
He ...
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Exact form of the damped wave equation
The undamped wave equation has the standard form
\begin{equation*}
\frac{\partial^2 \psi}{\partial t^2}=c^2\nabla^2\psi
\end{equation*}
while the damped wave equation is frequenly found written in ...
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How much energy is wasted by a noisy refrigerator?
I recently bought a new refrigerator for my kitchen. The feet are adjustable but I've been lazy.
Whenever the motor runs and the feet aren't all touching the floor there is a loud buzzing noise. As ...
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Potential energy-Conservative forces
Does potential energy exist because conservative forces exist?
Can a system of objects that interact with dissipative forces have potential energy?
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Is there an intuitive reason the resistance that maximizes power dissipation in this simple circuit has a simple form?
Consider the following circuit:
A textbook problem[2] asks to find the resistance $R$ such that the power dissipated in $R$ is maximized (assuming $R_1$ and $R_2$ are fixed).
I found that $R$ should ...
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Damped mechanical wave
a string with density $\rho$ and tension $T$ is bound at it's two ends at $x=0$ and $x=L$. there is a force acting on the string proportional to the velocity $F(x,t)= -2\gamma \rho \dot \psi(x,t)$ ...
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If the molecular collisions are elastic will there be any dissipation in a fluid?
Viscosity arises due to collisions of the molecules of one layer of a fluid with another in contact. But viscosity is a dissipative element leading to heating and dissipation. Where does it heat come ...
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Airflow velocity and volume loss due to friction
I have a vacuum that the manufacturer claims capable of moving 20,000 cfm of air. In my application we often connect 150 feet of 6 inch diameter, smooth bore, flexible tubing to the vacuum. I know ...
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Energy dissipation for force-free, incompressible Navier-Stokes equation with tangent boundary conditions on bounded domains
I consider the Navier-Stokes equation for uniformly incompressible, force-free, Newtonian fluids with constant viscosity. The equations describing the situation are:
$\partial_tv-v\times \text{curl}(...
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Is the violation of time-reversal always associated with the violation of time-translation and vice-versa?
Is the violation of time-reversal symmetry always associated with the violation of time-translation symmetry? What about the converse? Is it possible for one to be violated while the other remaining ...
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Significance of the complex component in the underdamped harmonic motion equation [closed]
The following differential equation represents the motion of a body of mass $m$ and displacement $x$ from the mean position, that is attached to a spring of force constant $a$ and viscous damping ...
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Why do we need to have a low voltage drop over long distances in transmission of electricity? [closed]
It is said that AC is preferred over DC because of the negligible voltage drop over long distances. How does that work?
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Why does height affect bounce efficiency?
I recently conducted an experiment, where I dropped tennis balls from various heights and recorded their rebound heights. The higher the drop, the higher the rebound height, obviously. However, the ...
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How do charges lose electrical potential energy when going through a resistor?
I can understand that the charges need to do work against the resistance - which transfers energy to forms such as light, heat, etcetera - using the electrostatic force provided by the battery ...
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Exact equation of exponential curves of underdamped harmonic motion
I was studying the underdamped harmonic motion and got curious about the fact that the decreasing exponentials $\pm Ae^{-\gamma t}$ are good approximations only for light damping $(\gamma<<\...
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Why do we use the RMS but not the fourth root mean quad?
Why do we use the power of $2$? What is the relation between this and having the same heat energy in both AC and DC?
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Numerical Simulation of Stochastic Master Equation using Stochastic Schrödinger Equation (Wave Function Monte Carlo)
Consider a time independent system coupled to a Markovian bath, the equation of motion for the density matrix of the system has to take the form
\begin{equation}
\dot{\rho} = - i \left[H,\rho\right] -...
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Do power supplies have to heat up?
Is there a fundamental reason why a power supply, say, from 120v AC to 12v DC, has to lose some power to heat dissipation?
I am not asking why current engineering solutions do; I'm aware that ...
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Maxwell's wheel and friction
We experimented with the Maxwell's wheel today and at the end we were asked about why does this apparatus stop since there is conservation of energy.
I did some research and apparently there is a type ...
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PT-symmetric hamiltonians: Transition from non-dissipative to dissipative system
It is known that Spectrum of a non-hermitian hamiltonian is complex ($E_n-i\gamma_n$) and they represent the dissipative system. eg, Damped harmonic oscillator(DHO), where $E_n$ are the energies of ...
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Noether's Theorem, Boundary-Bulk, and Open Thermodynamic Systems
Before going any further, I should emphasize that I know we cannot use the action principle for locally dissipative systems or even Noether's theorem for that matter. There are plenty of stackexchange ...
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How is the rate of decay of a Newton's Cradle affected by the number of spheres in the system?
How does the number of spheres in a Newton's Cradle affect its rate of decay? (assuming only 1 sphere is released initially)
From experiment, I observed that the rate of decay of a 5 sphere Newton's ...
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Force, work and the apparent disappearance of Mechanical Energy [duplicate]
A man exerts force on a wall of bricks. The man must have consumed the energy he possessed (mechanical energy?) to exert the force. The man sweats and tires himself out but the wall does not move.
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Large Damped Harmonic Oscillator misunderstanding
So I'm confused, here with what is highlighted. When the book says of "order $1/y_-$" you will reduce the displacement by a factor of $1/e$. Does of order mean when the time is equal to $1/y_-$, if ...
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Can a water vortex (whirlpool) be used to efficiently store energy?
Either a large, constrained cylinder of water or a large volume of open water (perhaps in the ocean) could be persuaded to form a vortex by pumping energy in. The body of water would be acting as a ...
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When you have engine at idle and turn your car, where does the kinetic energy go?
When you turn the front wheels to the right for example, your car will tend to continue in its original forward direction. However, there is friction between the wheel and the ground that prevents it ...
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What happens to the heat generated in an irreversible process?
I know that a reversible process does more work than an irreversible process and that extra work is turned into heat. But what does that heat do? Does it increase the temperature?
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Kinetic Energy with constant velocity
I am sorry for the question, but I am a noob in Physics.
I don't understand why in the kinetic energy's formula the distance is out of the equation.
Kinetic Energy formula:
$$K = \frac{1}{2}m v^2 = ...
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In a simple battery + resistor circuit, what form of energy is lost from the electrons upon exiting the resistor?
I will give this question a little context. Firstly, as I understand it, as soon as I "close the switch" on a circuit, electric current pretty quickly establishes a steady state where, at any given ...
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Magnetic Turning Wheel [duplicate]
So a few years ago I came up with the idea of a magneticly powered wheel that could be attached to a generator and power it, it would not be infinite as over time magnets lose their power yet I think ...
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What is the electrical difference between rolled and unrolled extension cables? [closed]
I am talking about the extension cord of length 10 meter or more as follows.
The clerk said that it is better to unroll it when using. So what is the difference? I know for alternating current there ...
