Brownian ratchet ratchet will not rotate continuously in one direction but will move randomly back and forth, and therefore will not produce any useful work. The reason is that since the pawl is at the same temperature as the paddle, it will also undergo Brownian motion, "bouncing" up and down. It therefore will intermittently fail by allowing a ratchet tooth to slip backward under the pawl while it is up. Another issue is that when the pawl rests on the sloping face of the tooth, the spring which returns the pawl exerts a sideways force on the tooth which tends to rotate
Brownian Motion Ultimate printed on jerseys, shorts, sweatshirts, and discs. In the 1988 and 1989 seasons, the Brownian Motion team took a rather radical approach to program development. The team completely abandoned college tournaments in favor of club tournaments, hoping to play higher caliber teams in order to accelerate the growth and quality of their own program. While this seemed to be effective, the new eligibility requirements adopted by the Ultimate Players Association (UPA) severely hurt B-Mo's team. By the Spring of 1991, the team entered a transitional period in which graduate and undergraduate students and local former college players created a hybrid