4 papers
Bending of Spaghetti Beams and Columns Exposed to Hot Steam Reveals Several Physical Properties of the Spaghetti
Fathan Akbar, Mikrajuddin Abdullah
In this paper, we show that bending of spaghetti beams and columns exposed to hot steam reveals the time evolution of young modulus, the diffusion coefficient of water molecules pe…
Why the same key can open different padlocks?
Fathan Akbar, Mikrajuddin Abdullah
We accidentally observed that one key can open two padlocks from different brands. Based on this observation, here we derived equations to estimate the number of different padlocks…
Minimal Tools for Accurately Measuring the Coefficient of Kinetic Friction
Fathan Akbar, Nova Lailatul Rizkiyah, Mikrajuddin Abdullah
Measuring the coefficient of kinetic friction is much more difficult than that of the static counterpart. Here we report a simple method using minimal tool to accurately measuring…
Zipper Model for the Melting of Thin Films
Mikrajuddin Abdullah, Shafira Khairunnisa, Fathan Akbar
We proposed an alternative model to criterion of Lindemann for melting that explains the melting of thin films on the basis of a molecular zipper-like mechanism. Using this model,…