ME2134-1 STABILITY OF FLOATING BODY (WS2-01-47) SEMESTER 3 2014/2015 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS i LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS i LIST OF SYMBOLS ii INTRODUCTION 1 THEORY OF OPERATION 1 DESCRIPTION OF EQUIPMENT 5 EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE 6 ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION 8 REFERENCES 9 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Figure 1 Static
Premium Mass
society where there are no problems and everything is perfect‚ but how can you live in a society with no individuality or freedom. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley reveals a dystopian and utopian society in the future where everything is perfect: stability and happiness. People in the World State live in a totalitarian regime‚ they are brainwashed and conditioned to follow certain rules to keep their society stable. To keep everyone from being emotional‚ they are conditioned to take “the perfect drug”
Premium Brave New World
12 Power System Stability 12.1 INTRODUCTION The stability of an interconnected power system is its ability to return to normal or stable operation after having been subjected to some form of disturbance. Conversely‚ instability means a condition denoting loss of synchronism or falling out of step. Stability considerations have been recognized as an essential part of power system planning for a long time. With interconnected systems continually growing in size and extending over vast geographical
Premium Electrical engineering Electric power transmission Torque
Journal of Financial Stability 11 (2014) 32–48 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Financial Stability journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jfstabil Financial liberalization and bank risk-taking: International evidence Elena Cubillas a‚∗ ‚ Francisco González b a b Department of Finance‚ CUNEF (Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financieros)‚ Calle Serrano Anguita 9‚ 28004 Madrid‚ Spain Department of Business Administration‚ University of Oviedo‚ Avenida del Cristo
Premium Bank Banking Bank run
1. Introduction 1.1 Background The International Geotechnical Societies’ UNESCO working Party on World landslide inventory defined landslides as “the movement of a mass of rock‚ debris or earth down a slope”. (Sassa et.al.‚ 2007). Landslides as described by the Dahal (2006) are a downward movement of rock materials or debris or soil along the slope‚ when shear stress exceeds shear strength of the material. Many classification of landslides have been found in literature among them are the classification
Premium Geology Geomorphology
causes and effects of fluctuations in Australia’s external stability”. Achieving external stability is an important objective of economic policy‚ achieving this stability ensures that imbalances in Australia’s economic relationships with other economies do not hinder achieving domestic economic policy goals such as lower rate of unemployment‚ higher rate of growth and lower inflation. There are three main factors that effect external stability the deficit on the current account (CAD)‚ net foreign liabilities
Premium Macroeconomics Currency Investment
INTRODUCTION Laboratory experiment 5 is an exercise in hydrostatic. It is designed to demonstrate the stability of a floating cylinder and to familiarize the student with the concept of buoyancy‚ metacenter and metacentric height. It is also an experimental verification of the theory presented in the textbook. The center of the buoyancy of a floating body depends on the shape of the body and on the position in which it is floating. If the body is disturbed by a small angle of heel‚ the center
Premium Torque Archimedes Mass
FORCES FOR STABILITY AND CHANGE Forces for Stability Organizational forces exist that provide continuity in form and function over time for survival of our system. These forces produce institutional power. Examples include: • Specialization • Continuity of roles • Predictable results • Sophistication • Maturity of key parts of the organization • Confidence in taking risks with known problems Clues that these forces are at work:
Premium Force Korn Conflict
Oxford Dictionary of Current English defines stasis as‚ “inactivity; stagnation; a state of equilibrium” (Thompson 1360). In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World‚ equilibrium is achieved through the three political doctrines of community‚ identity‚ and stability. Firstly‚ the sense of community in Brave New World is achieved through the common worshipping of the new God‚ “Ford”. On alternate Thursdays‚ it is mandatory that Bernard Marx attend Solitary Service. During this ritual‚ soma is passed around
Free Brave New World
Mass wasting is defined as the down slope movement of rock and regolith near the Earth’s surface mainly due to the force of gravity. Rock slides and debris slides result when rocks or debris slide down a pre-existing surface‚ such as a bedding plane‚ foliation surface‚ or joint surface. On February 17‚ 2006 the Philippines was hit by landslides. In Southern Leyte mudslides destroyed the mountain village (Barangay) Guinsaugon. During schooltime between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m.‚ an elementary school was
Premium Geomorphology Rain Geology