...The Mangonel The Mangonel is what many people think of when they think of a catapult. It is derived from the Latin word "manganon," which means engine of war. The Mangonel was invented by the Romans in 400 B.C. The Mangonel consists of a long wood arm with a bucket, with a rope attached at the end. Older models used a sling instead of a bucket. The arm is then pulled back from a natural 90 degree angle, then energy is stored in the tension of the rope and the arm. The bucket would be loaded. When released, the Mangonel's arm returns to its equilibrium position. When it comes in contact with the beam, the arm stops, but the missiles stored in the bucket continue to launch toward the enemy. The Mangonel fired projectiles in an overhead arc,...
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...Removes the Fog of War: NO FOG Reveals the Map: REVEAL MAP Buildings and Units are Created Instantly: STEROIDS Black Sports Car with a Rocket Launcher: BIGDADDY Create a Man in a White Suit with a Quick-firing Laser Gun: PHOTON MAN Creates a Man in a White Suit with a slow-firing Nuke Gun: E=MC2 TROOPER Gives you Control over Nature (but lose control over your own civilization): GAIA St. Francis Unit that resembles Priest but can summon lightning when close enough to opponent: CONVERT THIS! Summons a Baby on a Tricycle with a Musket: POW Turns Heavy Catapults into Big Berthas: BIG BERTHA Turns Horse Archers into Black Riders: BLACK RIDER White Sports Car with a Roket Launcer: BIG MOMMA Your Ballistas and Helepolis have a 99+1 Range: ICBM Your Catapults and Stone Throwers Fire Villagers, Cows, etc: JACK BE NIMBLE Upgrade your Catapult Tiremes/Juggernauts into Flying Dutchmen: FLYING...
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...Catapult Essay Throughout the Middle Ages, there were different types of weapons used to defend people’s villages and attack others. A popular weapon used at this time, mainly to attack, was called the catapult. It was primarily used to destroy castle walls of the enemy. A catapult is a machine hurling heavy objects into a certain direction without using gunpowder or any chemical substances. Although catapults were mainly used during the Middle Ages, the catapult was invented many years before, around 400 BC. It was invented in Syracus, a town in Greece. The first catapult, called the Gatraphete, did not look like the typical catapult, but appeared to look more like a crossbow. The Gatraphete was sometimes referred to as the Belly Bow because...
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...The industry I have chosen is that of professional rugby, and the company I will be discussing is Munster Rugby and how they are using new technologies to gain an advantage over other companies. I have personal experience with the company over several seasons from the season 2011/12-2014/15. The technology is the GPS system (1.Catapult Sports, 2015) each player uses. Before it was simply used to calculate your total distance covered but due to advancements in the technology it has become vastly more important and provides greater influence. Today the GPS systems each player wears, will calculate not just distance, but will also record top speeds in metres per second, as well as provide a breakdown of what distances was covered at top speed. This data then enables coaches a very beneficial analysis tool as they can see what players are their work, slacking off, or going over and beyond their duty. Another addition of the updates GPS systems is that they include a gyroscope, accelerometer. Which together, they both combine and take into account the total impacts ( tackle, carry, ruck ) and the force/intensity of each impact that each player endures throughout the game. With these stats now readily available Munster Rugby are making great progress for strength and conditioning, but more importantly for injury management. The S&C staff have a training plan for each session, as it is their job to make sure each athlete is in pristine condition to perform on match day. The GPS...
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...QUALITY ENGINEERING DESIGN FOR WEB-BASED CATAPULT BY Mohammed Mujeeb Ahmed khan SUBMITTED TO PROFESSOR K. M. RAGSDELL FOR CREDIT IN EMGT-475: QUALITY ENGINEERING Contents 1. Introduction 1.1. An overview of Quality Engineering 1.2. Problem description P diagram Quality characteristics Control factors Noise factors Mathematical Model of Crystal Ball 2. Method and Experimental plan The static experiment The dynamic experiment Fast Diagram Fault tree Diagram 3. Conclusions 4. References 5. Annexure Static Experiment Analysis of means Analysis of Variance Dynamic experiment Confirmation Experiment 2 1. Introduction The Taguchi system of Quality Engineering is a philosophy and a set of tools and techniques to design and deliver high quality, low cost products in a short time. The foundation of this system was laid by Dr. Genichi Taguchi in Japan. In the decades that followed, Dr. Taguchi’s techniques were applied to an increasing number of applications to solve real world problems. The technique was introduced to the western world in the 1980s, and it quickly created a paradigm shift in the perception of quality. 1.1. An overview of Quality Engineering System: Product Parameter Design: Product parameter design is optimizing the product parameters to give the desired performance. A quality characteristic is chosen whose...
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...9/25/2015 9/25/2015 Priyanka Palamuru SCSU Priyanka Palamuru SCSU Design of Experiment on a Catapult Taguchi Design Design of Experiment on a Catapult Taguchi Design Objective The objective of this project is to analyze the effect of various factors controlling the catapult model using Design of experiments (DOE). Design : Taguchi Software : Minitab17 Introduction Design of experiments (DOE) is a method of finding the important and less important factors involved in an experiment through a number of steps such as information gathering and mathematical calculations either manually or using a software. It is considered as one of the accurate techniques and widely used in various fields such as engineering, healthcare, education, etc. It is also known for its quality improvement, efficiency, cost and effectiveness. Catapult experiment is generally used to demonstrate DOE as it has the simplest setup and meets the requirements for this method. Taguchi Design 1. Define the process objective i.e. whether we need the output to be maximum or nominal or smaller. In this experiment, it is given as nominal the best. 2. Determine the factors which affect the outcome and number of levels the factors can vary for performing the experiment. Here, the factors are Start angle, Stop position, Cup Position and Peg position and has three levels each. 3. Select the suitable orthogonal array based on number of factors and levels, prepare...
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...“The Roman army stands as a military institution without parallel in the history of the world” . The Roman Army was considered the most advanced of its time. It created the Roman Empire - a huge part of Western Europe – and Rome itself greatly benefited from the riches that the army brought back from its conquered territories. But one must ask why such an army was able to convincingly conquer the world for so long? The answer is multi-faceted, the success of the Roman Army was not due to one entity or feature that gave it overwhelming power, rather, the cause was due to a well-cohered military structure. The aspects that will be raised in this paper are the army’s training and technology, and the Roman soldier. Nonetheless, if there were to be one cause to the success of this army for more than 400 years it would arguably be the degree of organization. This notion will be highlighted and explained throughout the paper. The Roman Army developed fighting techniques that were linked to a ferocious training regime; this is a significant reason as to why they were able to defeat all the forces that the world had to offer at the time. All new recruits to the army became very fit and disciplined. Training was harsh, as were punishments for failure. In a battle, new recruits were always placed at the front of the more experienced soldiers in the army . There were three reasons for this. The first was to give them confidence as behind them were experienced soldiers who had fought...
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...good time. How was your journey?” “Uneventful, my Lord.” “Excellent. How long do you think it will take to set up camp and place the catapults?” “We do have a large army, my Lord. I would estimate about six to seven hours.” Well, let’s continue together until we reach our intended campsite.” It wasn’t long before they arrived at the place they intended to make camp. Soldiers began unloading the wagons and putting up the first of what would be many, many tents. Others set up the weapons and food storage tents and began unloading the weapons and other necessary supplies. The blacksmiths had already set up their shops, busily fulfilling the requests from the soldiers for sword and knife sharpening. Everything was proceeding as planned and they would attack tomorrow morning. Elsewhere, Lady Sara and General Zhousbek were passing through the marshlands of Kossacz. Sara was curious on how General Zhousbek and the goblin hordes lived out here. So she asked. “General, how do you and your goblins survive out...
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...With Slavery Comes Hope The slavery stories portrayed in the short stories of Amnesty International delivered a newfound empathy for the people that have gone through these horrors. Article four is essential when discussing the Universal Decleration of Human Rights due to the overwhelming amount of slavery that has taken place around the world already. Although these are written, and encouraged to never be taken lightly, they still happen around the world today. Slavery will always be prevalent around the world in some way or another. In the short stories, a life of hope mixed with terror is a constant part of these people’s daily lives. Katya is one of the women portrayed in the short story under article four. In this story she is held a slave to the underground sex trafficking world. She was promised a waitressing job in the Balkans but instead was put to use in ways she never thought would happen to her. After Katya realized she wasn’t going to be a waitress she tried to leave, “So she decided she wanted to run back to mummy” (pg. 37 Lewycka). The owner wasn’t about to let her go after having spent good money on her. The owner of the whorehouse had Branko, the owners nephew beat her and eventually fractured some of her ribs and broke her foot. The owner seemed fine with this mistreatment of Katya but could not condone the other more horrendous treatment of her. “The bruises in her mouth and cigarette burns on her cunt I can’t condone” (pg. 38 Lewycka) The owner continually...
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...Generic Rules All artefacts belong to the meta and not to their current holders or the ones that cleared it. Therefore any of the artefacts might be moved at any time during the server if the meta leadership orders it. In most situations artifact movement will be performed based on the rules mentioned below for each specific artefact. Keep in mind these are general guidelines and in the end it is the metas’ duty to decide in case of disputes or urgent needs. Most of the artefacts will be given to accounts that can use them best in most situations, and always for the benefit of the alliance. Artefact holders must always use the artefacts for the benefit of the meta, whenever possible. Priority to the usage of artefacts will be given to people owning large accounts, having exceptionally high production, ability to spend gold and are very active. This is very important in order to make sure that the maximum amount of accounts among the meta will get to reap the benefits. Priority to the usage of artefacts will be given to people that are always willing to help others, participate in alliance operations both offensively and defensively and generally contribute to the team effort. Please understand that not everyone can have the artefacts whenever they need them. The artefacts are limited and there must be an order in which people receive them. Communicating to the artefact managers early what artefacts you need and when, will increase the chances you will get them...
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...artillery is a constant progression of tactical and technical proficiency. The effects of simple mechanics put to effective use have decided many of the battles fought within the infancy of our great nation. From the American Revolution to Operation Enduring Freedom, field artillery has set itself apart from other branches of military service. Field artillery has influenced warfare through the evolution of its pieces and munitions. Simple mechanics created the first field artillery weapons. The catapult was made of wood and rope under tension resembling a crossbow in appearance. The invention of catapults gave armies the ability to attack from a distance. Catapults became the main siege weapon because of the amount of destruction caused. The Ballista was a defensive form of field artillery created. It used a crank to increase the tension needed to fire the weapon. The Trebuchet was the next piece created to employ larger projectiles at fortified positions and soldiers. Catapults, Ballista’s, and Trebuchet’s gave a decisive advantage to commanders on the battlefield. Artillery pieces have changed in there composition to support the growing need for accurate reliable equipment. In the 1700’s cannons were made from iron and bronze. Most militaries used both iron and bronze cannons. Iron was stronger and able to handle a larger amount of charge compared to the size of the shot. Iron was also heavier, which limited its maneuverability on the battlefield. Many militaries used...
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...The daphnia’s heartrate increased quite severely after the first day, with Zym Catapult having an average of 327b/m, a complete double pumping heart than usual. Even though V didn’t get as high it still reached as high as 282b/m. With such a flux in heartrate a trend started to occur over the next three days. Each of the two drinks the heartrate started to decrease with the Zym Catapult dropping dramatically to 252b/m. But the V concentration decreased ever so slightly but after the third day dropped right back down to the average heartrate of a normal daphnia. This was nearly the same for the Zym Catapult as it was still falling it started to slow right down and reached only 228b/m, a whole 100 less b/m. As you can see in both of the drinks the both reached to the level of the control, or where close to it. Although the control increased ever so slightly this can all be explained for scientific...
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...Siege And Defense Of A Castle “Because castles were made with such massive defense fortifications it was extremely hard to destroy them. Thus, the goal of a siege army was not to destroy a castle, but to penetrate it.” (http://library.thinkquest.org/10949/fief/hisiege.html). The attacker had many options at their disposal when trying to penetrate the castle’s walls. The army could not attack the castle at all but simply seize the land around it and cut out all supply routes going to and from the establishment. Another was a direct assault or siege on the castle itself. And lastly, is besieging. Effectively starving them out. Starvation was a key weapon used in all methods, but solely used in besieging. The most effective direct assault was the use of tunneling. The very time consuming chore was first started by constructing wooden palisades, a type of fence, next to the wall, and then building a shed to lean against it. Defenders high on the castle walls would try to thwart the enemy in its attempt to mine under the wall by dumping hot oil or pitch and tar and then setting it a blaze with flaming arrows. This could be countered by covering the structure with thick leather hides in an attempt to keep the fires at bay and stop the diggers from taking a flaming hot oil bath. Next, special diggers called sappers were called in to start their work on the castle’s foundation. “Once the tunnel was long enough the attacker’s had two choices: Continue digging until they...
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...Outline I. Introduction II. Knights Weapons A. Topic sentence B. Used Swords C. Used heavy artery D. Conclusion III. Castle (Defense and Offense) A. Topic sentence B. Trebuchet C. Catapult D. Cross-bow E. Conclusion IV. Coat and Arms Weapons A. Long-bow B. Flail C. Mace D. War hammer E. Conclusion V. Final Conclusion Medieval Weapons C. Wilburn 2 Have you ever wanted to know about the weapons knights used? Well the knights used different things including battle axes, bow-and-arrows, and catapults. Some were used by different people though. Some spent years of training, while others spent just a year. Some knights had armor while others didn’t. But the kind of weapons in use was the types of weaponry of the Medieval Ages. All in all, the knights had some good weapons. Medieval knights used some cool weapons. Usually when knighted, the knights would get spurs which are sharp spikes behind the heels of the knight’s shoe, to guide the horse, a shield to protect themselves in battle, and a sword to fight with. Some swords could be the slashing swords that were flat and wide sharp-edged swords to make a very destructive blow. Later in the Medieval Ages, sword makers would make thrusting swords which were longer and more pointed than slashing swords. The point of the sword can fit between armor of the knight...
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...UK manufacturing has been in relative decline since the 1960s. Manufacturing as a share of real GDP has fallen from 30% in 1970 to 12% in 2010. This essay answer looks at the reasons why, and how significant government policies are as a cause. Manufacturing plays a crucial role in the competitiveness of the UK economy. Despite this, for far too long government policy has neglected manufacturing. During this period of neglect British manufacturing firms have repositioned themselves away from price-based competition more towards forms of non-price based competitiveness. The recent re-shoring of manufacturing to the UK is the start of a much needed trend. The University of Birmingham is funding a two year research project entitled ‘Regeneration Economies: Transforming People, Places and Production’. This project is exploring new policy solutions that will support British manufacturing. There is a need to develop a much better understanding of regional and national economies. High value manufacturing firms no longer sell products, but many solutions combine manufactured products with embedded services. Thus, a manufacturing policy must be simultaneously a service policy. There is a need to encourage universities and colleges to provide courses that blend technical training with an understanding of services, this is where the government comes in, by making these changes to education The Regeneration Economies project is also exploring major developments in engineering that have the...
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