Un-Answered Questions { Engineering AllOther }

What is the significance of superconductors?

709


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

1147


Why do windmills never appear stationary?

1114


How do trains go around bends?

780


Explain about a light bulb

711


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

974


Explain momentum?

729


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

998


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

723


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?

857


Please derive the formula for the area of a circle.

738


Explain work?

698


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?

1934


What are the fundamental differences between Engineering and Physics?

711


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

791