PHY11 Lesson 7 ELASTICITY ELASTICITY The ability of a strained body to recover its size and shape after deformation. stress – characterizes the strength of forces causing the deformation. F stress A in 2 or pascal (Pa) strain – the resulting deformation. Hooke’s Law: stress elastic mod ulus strain 3 Types of Stress tensile or compressive stress – changes the length of a strained body. tensile stress bulk stress – changes the volume of a strained
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When I was asked to select a lesson from BLC that I found to be most important, it was an easy decision. To me, Resilience is quite possibly the most crucial topic for today’s Army. The effectiveness of the Army is based upon the readiness of the soldier and that starts with mental strength. What is resilience? While there is a textbook definition, it is said that resilience is a mental state of mind; an action. There are two types of soldiers; one who pushes forward and learns from mistakes, and
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Resilience as Dean Becker, the president and CEO of Adaptive Learning Systems puts it "determines who succeeds and who fails."("[C01] What Is Critical Thinking?" 2017). In a study done by Time magazine Jan. 09, 2005 on the reasons why different individuals bounce back from adversity better than other. In the article the answer to the key question of why individuals. "overcome extreme circumstances--poverty, a parent's absence, a violent neighborhood--and find happiness while others are defeated
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What is Resilience? Resilience is the ability to cope with problems and setbacks, In the book Unbroken, Louie, Phil and Mac were stranded on a Raft for many days and they faced many obstacles that threatened their survival. Those who showed resilience survived and the ones who showed weakness perished. Louie and his comrades went thru hell after the plane crashed due to mechanical difficulties, only three of the 11 survived the crash. After the crash it is up to Louie for his survival out
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Resilience I always thought of myself as resilient, but after a day of working as a swim teacher, that word no longer seemed to describe me. I grew up playing “school” with my cousins and I taught at my church’s Sunday school. I knew that my destiny was to become a teacher, so when the opportunity to teach swim lessons sprung up I was quick to apply. After getting the job and completing training, I couldn't wait to teach my first class. Seven AM. The sound of my irritating alarm clock pierced
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Topic 2: Elasticity One motivation for studying elasticity is so that firms will know how their revenue might change in response to various price changes. Certainly firms are interested in setting prices in such a way to increase their revenue. Let total revenue be price multiplied by quantity (TR = P . Q). Consider the following demand curves. If we raised the price, would total revenue increase or decrease? Price INELASTIC (like the letter I) Demand Quantity
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* The nature and dynamics of consumer response to price (price elasticities) * Pricing for specific customer segments and geographic markets * The role of fixed costs and variable costs in pricing decisions * The role of pricing in managing product inventory Background: The objective of the simulation was to maximise profits of Universal Car Rental Company. The simulation was run across three cities in Florida; Tampa, Orlando and Miami. Overall strategy: We adopted a strategy
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“Inflation in pulses may be highest this year”: Assocham An Assocham study predicts that the price of pulses may register highest growth in 2015 due to untimely rains severely affecting 2.28 million tonnes of Rabi crop and widening the gap between demand and supply to the extent of 6 MT. The per capita availability of pulses is declining and the likely high prices in 2015 are a matter of concern on nutritional security of the nation. D S Rawat, Secretary General, Assocham, said, “Currently,
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purchasing their products. Consumers are more technology savvy and have specific demands when investing in technology. Consumers want devices that are mobile, with faster processing speeds, increased storage capacity, and eco-friendly product. Companies are now faced with a new task of changing their manufacturing, logistics, pricing structure, and communication with the buying market to meet their eco friendly demands. Hewlett Packard relies on technological advances to remain competitive in the
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Fatigue Wear Control Method Lowering the coefficient of friction between two contact surface is the most effective way of preventing fatigue-based wear. The surface traction forces are insufficient for delamination in sliding or contact fatigue in rolling to occur if low coefficient friction. Another important aspect in controlling fatigue wear in both sliding and rolling is the material “cleanliness”. Clean material with with minimum imperfections should be selected for sliding and rolling contacts
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