Thursday, July 9, 2015

thermodynamics - How fast would body temperature go down in space?


What would be the rate of temperature loss for an average sized human in space without a suit? A human generates about 100 watt at rest. But how can we use that to calculate how fast the temperature will go down? Also how much heat would be absorbed by the sun? Assume the person is somewhere between the earth and the moon.




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classical mechanics - Moment of a force about a given axis (Torque) - Scalar or vectorial?

I am studying Statics and saw that: The moment of a force about a given axis (or Torque) is defined by the equation: $M_X = (\vec r \times \...