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Freight train A passes through Petticoat Junction, a node where twosingle track lines connect, at 6:50 AM, traveling at 40 MPH, with50 cars that are 70 feet nose to nose. A faster train B jumps onto
A W16 x 36 simply supported beam is 30 ft long and supports auniform dead load of 970 lb/ft, a roof live load of 240 lb/ft and asnow load of 270 lb/ft. Is this beam adequate to support the load
Suppose that the costs are expected to go up to $6 per squarefoot (base) and $4 per square foot (sides), by the end of theyear.How many bins can the manufacturer now produce if she stillwishes to mi
A local contractor has just bought warehouse and decided to fence in an area of 1152 square feet behind the warehouse.He plans to use the wall of the building as one of the four sides that will encl
A motorcycle starts from rest at time t=0. The force on it from t=0to 30 seconds is F=300-9t. The combined mass of the motorcycle andthe rider is 225 kg.
A clay lense of Kc=0.10cm/day is sandwiched somewhere inside a vertical soil column of height 100cm that is otherwise filled withsand of Ks=200cm/day. A depth of water d=10cm is ponded above the sur
The void ratio of a given soil A is twice that of another soil B,while the effective size of particles of soil A is one-third thatof soil B. The height of capillary rise of water in soil A on acerta
The natural ground water table at a site is located at a depth of 2m below the ground water. Laboratory tests reveal that the voidratio of the soil is 0.85 while the grain size corresponding to 10%f
In a venturi meter the gage pressure is 120 kPa whencavitation just starts to occur. If the Diameter is 40 cm and theneck diameter is 14 cm, what is the water discharge in the system for this condit
Given the following geometry of an intersection: Four lanes fornorth and southbound traffic; two lanes for east and west boundtraffic. The peak hour volume for: northbound traffic is 1400vehicles wi
The slope distances shown were measured with an EDM while the differences in elevation between the ends of each line were determined by leveling. What are the horizontal distances
Estimate the theoretical fracture strength of a brittle material ifit is known that fracture occurs by the propagation of anelliptically shaped surface crack of length 0.2 mm(0.007874 in)
What is the magnitude of the maximum stress that exists at the tip of an internal crack having a radius of curvature of 5.5× 10-4 mm (2.165 ×10-5 in.) and a crack length of 3.5 ×10-
Two wells had been drilled on 40-acre spacing. Well 1 is injectionand Well 2 is producing well. Down hole injection pressure is 8500psi, and bottom hole pressure in producing well is 2400 psi.
A bus line 4 miles long runs through an area with 1/6 acre lots,3.5 people per household, average 1 car per household. People will walk up to 1/6 mile to a bus stop, so stops are located 1/3 mileapa
A container ship carries 2000 units. It must be unloaded andre-loaded in a 48 hr turnaround. Two cranes are available. Find therate that the trucks line up, load and pass under each crane.
A notched beam, machined from AISI 1020 steel is subjected to reversed bending. Determine the endurance limit Se. Assume the survival rate of 99.9 percent and Cs = 0.75 and that the fatigue stress c
A thin tube of 1/8 in thickness has a mean diameter of 6 in. What is the maximum torque the tube can transmit if the allowable normal stress in compression is 10 ksi
how to design a simply supported rectangular concrete beam having cross section of 20 mm by 40 mm and a length of 3 meters that couldcarry a uniform load of 1000 KN
For the eccentric shear loading of the accompanying figure, 7/8 inch diameter A325 bolts are used in two vertical lines in a bearing-type (A325-X) connection. The loading is 10 kips dead load and 30
Compute the maximum service load (25% dead and 75% live) acceptable for a structural tee WT12x38 when used in a truss location where it is braced in the plane of the truss at 20 ft intervals and bra
An electronic device is available that will reduce year'slabor cost by $10,000. the equipment is expected to last for eightyears. If labor is cost increase at an average rate of 7% per year and the
It is known that the velocity distribution for steady, laminar flowin circular tubes (either horizontal od vertical) isparabolic. Consider a 10 -mm- diameter horizontal tubethrough with ethyl alcoho
A stabilization pond is designed for a 35-day detention time. If the pond is maintained at a capacity of 40 acre-feet, what is theaverage gpd flow to the stabilizaiton pond
The P.C. of a 3 degree curve, whose degree is based on a chord of100 ft. arc, is at Sta. 19+39.60 and the P.T is at Sta. 25+64.60. Calculate the deflection angle from the tangent at the P.C