THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Part I APPLIED DYNAMICS LAB (full report required) DYNAMICS OF A TROLLEY ON RAILS Based on document MGS/ID137/203 by Dr MG Sainsbury Modified in Feb 2007 & Jan 2008 by Dr L Huang and Mr WS Sze 1. Objectives (1) To measure the velocity and acceleration of a trolley as it descends on inclined track and is stopped by a nonlinear elastic arrester system. (2) To compare the measured acceleration‚ velocity and displacement with theoretical
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Software Requirements Specification for “Mumbai Rail Indicator” Version 1.0 approved Akshay Waghela 60003128015 Rahanik Vora 60003115061 Rahakshay July 31‚ 2013 Table of Contents Table of Contents ii Revision History ii 1. Introduction 1 1.1 Purpose 1 1.2 Document Conventions 1 1.3 Intended Audience and Reading Suggestions 1 1.4 Project Scope 1 1.5 References 1 2. Overall Description 2 2.1 Product Perspective 2 2.2 Product Features 2
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Rail transport In actual competitive environment‚ all businesses are searching for ways to win the larger market share‚ maximize efficiency‚ diminish capital inputs‚ and gain speed throughout their supply chains. The globalization of business has increased the need for global supply chains that are longer‚ more composite‚ and intrinsically costlier. The main purpose of supply chain management is to deliver the right goods to the right place at the right time and at the same time to maintain cost
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1) a) Explain how the making of the contract between the consignor and the railway station can exist? The contract between the consignor and the railway company will existing when the railway company has accepted the goods for carriage from the consignor and together with the consignment note make by consignor. The acceptance will be established with the consignment note and will be stamp of the forwarding station. The consignment note is made by the consignor with three copy‚ each copy for
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not control many things which he desired to. By 1934 through eliminating his adversaries on the knight of the long knives‚ passing the enabling law‚ using the Reichstag fire for persuasion and the death of President Hindenburg Hitler successfully consolidated his power over Germany. The Reichstag fire was the first event which began Hitler’s consolidation of power in 1933. The burning of Reichstag was believed to be started by a Dutch communist. Hitler exploited Hindenburg’s fear of a communist take
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Will Light Rail be Enough? August 25‚ 2009 Will Light Rail Be Enough? With traffic congestion what it is today‚ many cities are looking for solutions to remove single-occupancy vehicles from the roadways and still get people where they need to go. Seattle‚ Washington is no different. According to Sound Transit’s website‚ Light Rail was approved via voters and meant to provide transportation to a minimum of 75‚000 passengers daily in King County‚ run 24 hours a day‚ and remove traffic congestion
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The smallest rail in North America‚ the Black Rail is perhaps the most secretive too "Kick-ee-doo" call is heard primarily at night.The black rail may be the most endangered bird species along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America.Today I am going to tell you about an animal called the Black Rail the scientific name is Laterallus jamaicensis. Over the past 10-20 years‚ some reports indicate that populations have declined 75% or greater and have become dangerously low.The bird also lays
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Refrigerated rail cars‚ also known as reefers‚ are insulated boxcars that keep their cargo at a regulated temperature‚ usually around 2 or 3 degrees Celsius. The first reefers relied on ice to cool their load‚ but now diesel-powered refrigeration units have replaced the ice as a more effective way to cool the load. The refrigerated rail car was patented by J.B. Sutherland in Detroit‚ Michigan in 1867. He designed an insulated car with ice at either end. This allowed air to come in from the top‚ pass
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Corporate Finance Faculty: Prof. Pramod Yadav Submitted by: Jeet K Bhatt Roll No: 14 Assignment – FMC Corp. 1. What were the motivations for FMC corp. to go for recapitalization? a) To eliminate a takeover attempt: The stock was attractively valued and the company had quite a lot of cash ($403 million in 1986) in its hands. It made the company attractive to hostile takeovers. b) To give FMC employees a greater stake in the company: Company showed strong cash on its balance sheet. But
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the new consolidated hospital? What specific steps should the board take to create an executive team to manage the newly created organization? Given the diversity of cultures embedded in the merged organization‚ what should the management team do to facilitate a working culture in the new organization? How should the duplication of services and departments be handled? How do the physicians work with administration to share power and resources within the new consolidated hospital
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