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Moment Of Inertia In Applied Calculus, Saad Habib Jan 2021

Moment Of Inertia In Applied Calculus, Saad Habib

Undergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling: One + Two

This paper demonstrates the usefulness of calculus in structural/continuum mechanics. Calculus in structural/continuum mechanics is used to calculate mass, volume, centre of mass, moment of inertia and in solutions of differential equations. In this paper, we will use calculus to calculate moment of inertia. The area moment of inertia of a surface measures the resistance to deflection of the cross section to bending or buckling. Moment of inertia is used by engineers of inertia to determine the state of stress in a cross section and the amount of inertia. It represents a mathematical concept that depends on the size and …


Prosthetic Leg Model, Dang Nguyen Jan 2020

Prosthetic Leg Model, Dang Nguyen

Undergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling: One + Two

The main goal of this paper is to introduce an imitated prosthetic leg model by analyzing the applied forces. Even though the model is based on the idea of a prosthetic leg, it is also applicable to people without disabilities. The same concept of the model can be seen in the circus, where a person maintains a balanced state while on an incredible height without falling. When all the applying forces in the system are calculated, the design achieves the ideal state which allows it to function most effectively. One of the essential factors applied to the imitated prosthetic leg …


Locating The Center Of Mass Of Various Simplified Car Designs For The Problem Of Flipping Over An Incline, Sullivan Musgrove Jan 2020

Locating The Center Of Mass Of Various Simplified Car Designs For The Problem Of Flipping Over An Incline, Sullivan Musgrove

Undergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling: One + Two

The center of mass of a given system is referred to as a position that is the average of all of its components. I am given two cases in which I need to find the center of mass for the problem of flipping over an incline. To solve the problem given, I utilize many equations that are derived to find the center of mass of both cases and then test each system when it is encountered with three different inclines increasing by fifteen degrees increments. The tests prove that the probability that a system will flip on an incline is …


Locating Centers Of Mass With Image Processing, Amina Gahramanova Jan 2019

Locating Centers Of Mass With Image Processing, Amina Gahramanova

Undergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling: One + Two

The center of mass of a rigid body is a unique point that represents the mean position of all matter that composes it. Allowing representing complex bodies as a single point, this concept is underlying the basis of all essential mechanical calculations, and is therefore a crucial consideration in engineering. The paper shows how to devise a fast and convenient way of locating the centroid of planar objects of different shapes. For several shapes that can be represented as regions bounded by graphs of functions, this point can be found by using integral calculus. However, solving for the center of …