Un-Answered Questions { Engineering AllOther }

What is the significance of superconductors?

589


Why do sausages split lengthways, rather than around the circumference?

995


Why do windmills never appear stationary?

928


How do trains go around bends?

645


Explain about a light bulb

596


If I am in a room with 5 people and guess all their birthdays what is the probability of getting (only) one correct?

741


Explain momentum?

583


Why did they used to make the mill chimneys so tall?

749


What is Moore's law and what limits the size of a computer chip?

591


A rectangular sheet dimensions a x b is to be made into an open-topped box by cutting a square of side h from each corner and folding the 4 sides up. Find the value of h which allows the maximum volume of the box?

719


Please derive the formula for the area of a circle.

614


Explain work?

568


If you had a cylinder, sealed at both ends, with the pressure rising inside, would it blow at the end or split along the side first?

1723


What are the fundamental differences between Engineering and Physics?

576


What would happen if you drilled through the Earth all the way to the other side and then jumped into the hole?

646