physics Archives - Energy Vanguard https://www.energyvanguard.com/tag/physics/ Building science knowledge, HVAC design, & fun Tue, 27 Aug 2024 10:54:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 A Fistful of New Building Science Videos https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/a-fistful-of-new-building-science-videos/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/a-fistful-of-new-building-science-videos/#view_comments Mon, 26 Aug 2024 20:00:40 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=9175 We’re doing some new things here at Energy Vanguard.  We’ve had a YouTube channel since 2010 but haven’t done much with it.  So one of the new things is working on putting out new videos every week.  Here are the…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/a-fistful-of-new-building-science-videos/feed/ 1 How Do Suction Cups Work? https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/how-do-suction-cups-work/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/how-do-suction-cups-work/#view_comments Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:38:45 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=8587 Have you ever thought about how suction cups work?  It’s got to be suction, right?  Or is it?  As it turns out, all we need is some basic physics to explain suction cups.  And of course there’s a connection between…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/how-do-suction-cups-work/feed/ 15 What Happens to Air Flow in Ducts When Size Changes? https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/what-happens-air-flow-ducts-when-size-changes/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/what-happens-air-flow-ducts-when-size-changes/#view_comments Mon, 29 Oct 2018 00:36:57 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=what-happens-to-air-flow-in-ducts-when-size-changes As we continue our study of indoor air quality and filtration, we now come back to duct design.  Today’s lesson is on an interesting bit of physics that applies to anything that flows.  It could be heat or particles or…

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