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- | ==== Project: | + | ===== Project: |
- | With your help, the FTOE staff were able to re-start the hawkion accelerator. | + | ==== Kick Off Questions ==== |
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+ | - What is the node rule equation? When using the node rule, what is a " | ||
+ | - What steps do you need to follow to use the loop & node rules to solve a circuit? (Hint: these were in the readings) | ||
- | After a quick investigation, it turns out that the circuit that controls all of the key systems is currently drawing too much current from the main battery. A bright but intense | + | ==== Main Problem ==== |
+ | With your help, the FTOE staff were able to re-start | ||
- | From the accelerator | + | Accelerator operations director Melissa Lewis decides to shut the accelerator |
- | * Monitor Lights: $R_{ML}=100\Omega$ | + | |
- | * Control System: $R_{CS}=700\Omega$ | + | |
- | * Beam Dump Cooling: $R_{BDC}=950\Omega$ | + | |
- | * Electromagnetic Calorimeter System: $R_{ECS}=500\Omega$ | + | |
- | * Accelerator Magnets: $R_{AM}=300\Omega$ | + | |
- | * Magnetic Containment System: $R_{MCS}=425\Omega$ | + | |
- | {{ | + | The new intern, Solomon Tobb, proposes a risky but possibly brilliant solution: to dump the hawkion beam into an absorber rather than slowing the particles down gradually. |
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+ | From the accelerator schematics you find the following resistances for different components that need to be powered in order to dump the beam safely: | ||
+ | * Monitor Lights: $R_{ML}=100\; | ||
+ | * Control System: $R_{CS}=700\; | ||
+ | * Beam Dump Cooling: $R_{BDC}=950\; | ||
+ | * Electromagnetic Calorimeter System: $R_{ECS}=500\; | ||
+ | * Accelerator Magnets: $R_{AM}=300\; | ||
+ | * Magnetic Containment System: $R_{MCS}=425\; | ||
Will this circuit work without drawing any more than the 0.35 A from the main battery? | Will this circuit work without drawing any more than the 0.35 A from the main battery? | ||
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- | Conceptual | + | ==== Wrap Up Questions |
- | - How can you tell if two resistors are in series? Out of current, resistance, & voltage, what would HAVE to be the same for resistors in series? What would be different? | + | - When using the loop rule, how do you decide |
- | - How can you tell if two resistors are in parallel? Out of current, resistance, & voltage, what would HAVE to be the same for resistors | + | - How would you explain the node rule conceptually? |
- | - How would you combine resistors (series or parallel) to decrease the total resistance? What about to increase the resistance? | + | - How would you explain |
- | - What is the loop rule in circuits? What conservation principle is it related | + | - When using the loop and node rules, you end up with more equations than the number of unknowns. How do you pick which equations |
- | - What is the node rule in circuits? What conservation principle is it related to? | + | |
- | - What steps do you need to follow in order to use loop/node rules? | + | |
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