MEEM 3700 – Suggested problems from Chapter 1 1.7.1 Given that ω=5 rad/sec‚ then the frequency in Hz is f=ω/2π and the period T= 1/f 1.15 The displacement amplitude X=0.15mm or 0.00015m The acceleration amplitude is ω2X = 0.6g = 0.6 (9.81) m/sec2 ω2 = ω2X/ X ; but ω is in rad/sec. Convert rad/sec to rpm to get the shaft speed (1890 rpm). 1.18 p=polyfit(x‚f‚1) ; p=35.18‚ -0.0607 and f=35.18x - 0.0607; k=35.18 (the slope of the line) 1.19 For springs end to end (series)‚ 1/keq = 1/k1 = 1/k2 ; for equal
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poem. In the first two stanzas‚ the reader is drawn in by the description of the song as “irresistible” and one that “everyone would like to learn”. By placing colons in the places that she did‚ Atwood keeps the reader interested and wondering what song would everyone want to listen to. In the second stanza the speaker continues to describe the poem as it forces men to go overboard even though they see
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Noticeably‚ the two simplistic looking verses‚ zero punctuation‚ lack of capital letters‚ and bracketed title invite closer inspection. The unusual length‚ and form are true to Post-Modernism’s desire to bring awareness to the prose. In that regard‚ Atwood calculatedly triggers the reader awareness of the poem’s odd form‚ but also provokes a closer look at what’s being said. The figurative language is split with a break between the stanzas‚ to distort the readers interpretation of the first two lines
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Dani Gardner AP English October 4‚ 2009 Morning in the Burned House Margaret Atwood is a contemporary Canadian poet‚ story writer‚ and essayist whose Canadian background is present in her writings. “February” is a poem in which death is discussed and pondered. Despair‚ death‚ and destruction seem to be the theme of this poem. The poem opens with a single word in the first sentence: “Winter.” With this being the first thought in the poem it gives the delusion of cold but happy times for many
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Political Machines In the 1800’s the process of industrialization began in the U.S. The creation of many new inventions and the economic structure of this era made this possible. This caused millions of people to migrate to the United States from different country’s in search of better paying jobs‚ and a better living standard. The excessive growth of people in city’s and the diversity between rich and poor in this society were the main benefactors to the rise of political machines. This organization
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R.Yusuf Akbal 210112409 03.05.2013 Can machines be conscious? Can machines be conscious? Well‚ the answer actually depends on the kind of machines you are talking about. Based on quite a few instances and research work done on this particular topic‚ I think that the machines can indeed be categorized as conscious beings and in the following paragraphs I will be providing a couple of examples in order to support my argument. If we look at the definition of consciousness‚ which implies that ‘one
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can even be applied to our nation’s present state. Margaret Atwood is Canadian‚ and expresses her anti-American sentiments through her poem‚ as she writes about the egocentric and greedy ways of humanity (though many right wing critics consider her to be too “left wing”). The poem focuses on our imperialistic ways‚ and although it was written in the 1970’s about the 1800’s‚ it is still applicable to current events today. Atwood begins the poem with “starspangled cowboy‚” where the word
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the year. Some of these discoveries are small‚ and some are major things that affect how people live today. Sir Isaac Newton was a scientists who influenced scientists today. Because of his influence on society‚ his discoveries and intelligence‚ Sir Isaac Newton serves a great importance. Sir Isaac Newton was born on December 25th in 1642 in Woolsthorpe‚ Lincolnshire. Sir Isaac newton was a premature baby; therefore‚ he was not expected to live very long. Before he was born‚
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This poem portrays Attwood’s attitude on inner journey to discover oneself. She presents a metaphorical journey to explain a journey into the mind. She examines human behaviour’s reasons‚ understanding one self’s mystery‚ lack of knowledge of individual about themselves. Attwood has composed a Metaphysical journey contrasting the similarities and differences. Her fascination with the bizarre fluidity of identity and its mystery is the focus of this poem. The first paragraph establishes the similarities
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Can Machines Think ? This paper regards several points of view on the subject of‚ what is commonly referred to as Artificial Intelligence‚ or AI. AI is the attempt to make machines‚ specifically computers‚ perform intelligently through programming. Already‚ this definition has a problem in that the word intelligence can have many interpretations. This essay will attempt to put forward some ideas for how to approach this problem. It could be said that the human brain is nothing more than a machine
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