Day 16 - Test Hydraulically

Make sure your arm articulates over the full required range and that your syringes can power your end attachment (for most of you this is a claw-like appendage for grabbing the cups). You will spend this week testing, refining, and retesting your build so that on Thursday you can compete against the other teams. Don't forget to document EVERYTHING.

Hydraulic calculations

1. calculate the area of a circle (A_circle = πr²).
2. calcuate the mechanical advantage of a system (M.A. = F_out/F_in)
3. know that in general, output distance traveled must be multiplied by M.A. of the system to know input distance traveled
4. calculate the volume of a cylinder (V_cylinder = πr²h)
5. calculate the radius of a circle given its diameter (r = d/2, or d = 2r)
6. know that in general, M.A. = F_out/F_in = A_out/A_in = Δh_in/Δh_out

hydraulics

the branch of engineering concerned with the conveyance of liquids through pipes and channels, especially as a source of mechanical force or control.