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  1. jimsmiff

    Braking of a spinning disc

    Thanks eveyone for your replies, helpful and not. Greg thank you though for at least showing me a route to the problem. I have one question though, and so prepare to open myself to more abuse. You calculated the angular velocity (omega) presumably into rad/m ? I thought SI unit of this should...
  2. jimsmiff

    Braking of a spinning disc

    Hi Hopefully i have put this in the right forum, thinking the application i want is similar to braking an automotive vehicle or similar. I have a vertical disc of 0.6m Ø weighing about 15 Kg. This has coil loaded onto it (via a ctr spindle) which is pulled off, thus rotating the disc. The coil...
  3. jimsmiff

    Mechanical designers books and others....

    Stainer, Whilst i applaud your correcting of both grammatical and pronunciation in the use of the English language, im afraid i have disagree with your point of blaming the teachers. My partner is an English teacher, and is very articulate and precise with her language and teaching of. Even...
  4. jimsmiff

    Mechanical designers books and others....

    Hi Im after some reviews or pointers towards books for the mechanical engineer. I have come across a book by Marks, whcih seems to cover a heck of a lot (798 somewhat pages) but it costs about a 100 quid on amazon..has anybody seen or uses this book ? Or does anyone have any other books they...
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