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Old 10-20-2008, 01:35 AM
porschedude porschedude is offline
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Default Prove: Flange of Train Wheel Travels Backwards,

Prove that the flange of a train wheel travels backwards in respect to the ground using trigonometric functions, angular and linear velocity
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Old 10-20-2008, 12:31 PM
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Prove that the flange of a train wheel travels backwards in respect to the ground using trigonometric functions, angular and linear velocity
Kind of trivial isn't it? Draw a line from the center of the wheel to the edge of the flange. As the point on the wheel, along that line, that makes contact with the rail comes down, touches the rail and then goes back up, what happens to the point on the flange? You should be able to calculate the precise motion from that.
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