Monthly Archives: August 2014

One + One-half = Four

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Kenneth Richard Hardman

“Rick?” Becca burst into her colleagues office with her laptop half open. “In the 3D-Printer specification you state that the extruding-head must move precisely to four equally spaced positions.” Rick let go of his mouse, leaned back and put his … Continue reading →

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Engineering Riddle – No. 6 (Heat Transfer) “I Scale”

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Kenneth Richard Hardman

I scale in a wind-storm, I scale in a flood I scale in tornadoes, I scale in the mud I scale in an oven, the air blistering heat I scale in a wind-chill, rain, snow or sleet I scale when … Continue reading →

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A Real Engineering Story – Engineering Wheels for Mars

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Kenneth Richard Hardman

Mission name: Mars Science Laboratory Vehicle name: Curiosity rover Problem: Wheels wearing out on sharp rocks of Mars Solving this problem: Watch this lecture at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) given recently. http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl

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Engineering Riddle – No. 5 (Fluid Mechanics) “Dimensionless”

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Kenneth Richard Hardman

I’m a fraction made of forces, comparing different strength I have no final units, only characteristic length I sample speed and weight and size, these are the things I measure My subject as it ebbs and flows, changes shape forever … Continue reading →

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Engineering Riddle – No. 4 (Materials) “A Point of No Returning”

Posted on August 2, 2014 by Kenneth Richard Hardman

Your welcome to disfigure, transform or twist with vigor, But let me be your warning, to save you dreadful mourning. When released from deformation, whether tension or compression, From my left get restoration, from my right, life-long mutation. I’m a … Continue reading →

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Engineering Riddle – No. 3 (Physics) “All my strength will be the same”

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Kenneth Richard Hardman

No matter whether fast or slow, no matter whether high or low, When I return to whence I came, all my strength, will be the same. While traveling round at endless rate, I drop, I rise, I hesitate, But sure … Continue reading →

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