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 their knowledge of the Stanford team's offense on the Brown team and turned B-Mo into a successful squad. While certainly not dominating the Northeast, Brown became a regional contender, returning to Regionals for the second year in a row. Brownian Motion had become a Northeastern power by this point and won a considerable number of the games it played. The 1986 and 1987 seasons saw a reasonably competitive team face some of the toughest teams in the country. The 1985-1986 season also saw beginnings of the "Fish" logo that remains the official symbol of Brownian Motion to this day, still