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- | ==== Project: Accelerator Emergency ==== | + | ===== Project: Accelerator Emergency |
- | 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, | + | ==== Main Problem ==== |
+ | With your help, the FTOE staff were able to re-start the hawkion accelerator. | ||
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+ | Accelerator operations director Melissa Lewis decides to shut the accelerator down, but just as she gives the order, there' | ||
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+ | 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. | ||
From the accelerator schematics you find the following resistances for different components that need to be powered in order to dump the beam safely: | 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: $R_{ML}=100\Omega$ | + | * Monitor Lights: $R_{ML}=100\;\Omega$ |
- | * Control System: $R_{CS}=700\Omega$ | + | * Control System: $R_{CS}=700\;\Omega$ |
- | * Beam Dump Cooling: $R_{BDC}=950\Omega$ | + | * Beam Dump Cooling: $R_{BDC}=950\;\Omega$ |
- | * Electromagnetic Calorimeter System: $R_{ECS}=500\Omega$ | + | * Electromagnetic Calorimeter System: $R_{ECS}=500\;\Omega$ |
- | * Accelerator Magnets: $R_{AM}=300\Omega$ | + | * Accelerator Magnets: $R_{AM}=300\;\Omega$ |
- | * Magnetic Containment System: $R_{MCS}=425\Omega$ | + | * Magnetic Containment System: $R_{MCS}=425\;\Omega$ |
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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