The Galton Board: A Device Invented to Demonstrate the Normal Distribution
Galton boards are designed to bring to life the statistical concept of normal distribution As you rotate the Galton Board on its axis, you set into motion a flow of...
Category: Physics
Why Planes Don’t Fly In A Straight Line
Have you ever been on a long-haul flight and wondered why your aircraft is taking a curved route instead of flying in a straight line when you look at the...
Radioactive Waste: Classificaction
Radioactive waste is a type of hazardous waste that contains radioactive material. Radioactive waste is a result of many activities, including nuclear medicine, nuclear research, nuclear power generation, rare-earth mining,...
Fastest route for a ball: Brachistochrone Curve
What are Brachistochrone problems? Find the shape of the curve down which a bead sliding from rest and accelerated by gravity will slip (without friction) from one point to another...
Concorde flying at supersonic speed
Concorde Flying Supersonic MACH 2 This is a dramatic picture of Concorde G-BOAG flying at supersonic speed and is the only picture ever taken of Concorde flying at Mach 2,...
Supersonic Flight: Supersonic Speed, Sonic Boom, Vapor Cone
Before we talk about supersonic flights, let’s understand what sound is. We define “sound” the sensation that we perceive as the consequence of a vibrating body. The body transmits its...
