Sentences with phrase «mechanical energy involves»

But going from heat to electrical or mechanical energy involves considerable losses; typical steam turbine generators run at about 33 % conversion efficiency — i.e. only 1/3 of the thermal energy gets converted to electricity.

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In 2000, Mariano Garcia, a mechanical engineer at the University of California, Berkeley, and Anindya Chatterjee, a mechanical engineer at Pennsylvania State University in University Park, published a paper showing that a simplified walker with stiff legs and no torso had no gait that did not involve losing some energy when its legs hit the ground.

These short bursts of optimal loading also provide a high - intensity workout, stimulating the cardiovascular system, and leveraging the benefits referenced by Dr Doug McGuff, «The low resting heart rate and others markers for good health are not really something that's happened in the cardiovascular system, but because the energy producing part of the body like the mitochondria, and all the enzymes involved in the production of energy, are upregulated (due to quality of mechanical work with muscle) and become more powerful and efficient.

The second mechanism of the stretchshortening cycle (the mechanical model) involves the use of the elastic energy of the muscle - tendon complex.

Some insurance providers are beginning to recognize that green buildings should be rated more favorably due to their high - performance design that often involves state - of - the - art specifications for mechanical systems, as well as more rigorous inspections to guarantee LEED or Energy Star ratings.