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A sailboat capsizes a large distance from shore. What might be done to 1) right the boat and 2) prevent this from occurring again. How would this be accomplished specifically
Two glass capillary tubes of inside diameters of 20 and 13 microns are used to test the capillary rise in an annular cross section .The wall thickness of each capillary is 2 microns .The smaller cap
Assume that you borrow $10,000 for five years (annual payments) at a market rate of 5%. Assuming that inflation is 3.5%, what would the equivalent equal monthly payment be in constant dollars
Assuming that the CPI (82-84) for March 2013 is 232.773, and your starting salary is $55,000. How much would your starting salary have been in 1983 (assume CPI=100).
You purchased a machine 5 years ago for $100,000 and now the machine costs $135,000. What is the average annual inflation rate for this machine
You have a $1,500 monthly loan payment. If inflation is 3.5% annually (compounded monthly). What is the constant dollar amount of this payment in your 80th month
A newly designed dam is to be modeled in the laboratory. The prime objective of the general model study is to determine the adequacy of the spillway design and to observe the water velocities, eleva
A discharge meter to be used in a 40 cm pipeline carrying oil (kinematic viscosity = 10-5 m2/s, density = 860 kg/m3) is to be calibrated by means of a model (1/4 scale) carrying water (T = 20°C
A one tenth scale model of a soap box derby car is tested in a wind tunnel. The air speed in the wind tunnel is 70m/s, the air drag on the model car is 240 N, and the air temperature and pressure ar
What is the tension in the cable connecting the boat to the pier Angle of spray 50 degrees off horizontal axis and is spraying toward the pier and pushing the boat away from the pier.
he project duration is planned for 20 weeks. The project budget is $40,000 and is planned to be spent on a level bases through out the project. You are at the end of week 10, the accounting departme
An elbow, 90 degrees smooth bend flanged, is used in the Alaskan pipeline. Inside pipe diameter is 48 inches. Flow is 1.6 million barrels a day. 1 barrel=42 gal. Velocity is 8.27 ft/s. SG=0.93
Straight pipe, pump head=100 ft, pipe diameter=4inches, velocity is 10 ft/sec, no elevation changes. Water at 20C. What is the length of the smooth pipe
You are a farmer. You plan to supply to your fields using water from a lake that is 500 ft above your fields using a 3 inch smooth plastic pipe, 1500 ft long. How much flow rate will you get? Initia
Describe a soil classified as SW and a soil classified as CH in the Unified Soil Classification System as you would to a person having no knowledge of soil classification procedures or equipment.
A falling-head permeability test was carried out on a clay soil of diameter 10 cm and length 15 cm. In 1 hour the head in the standpipe of diameter 5 mm dropped from 68 cm to 50.2 cm. Calculate the
Select the number and size of reinforcing bars required to resist a total factored moment of 180 ft. kips for a rectangular section with b = 12 in., d = 19.5 in., h = 24 in., fc = 4 ksi, and fy = 60
Determine the chemical oxygen demand (COD) of a mixture of 250 mg/l glutamic acid (C5H10N2O3) and 200 mg/l of glucose(C6H12O6).
Select the number and size of reinforcing bars required to resist a total factored moment of 180 ft. kips for a rectangular section with b = 12 in., d = 19.5 in., h = 24 in., f'c = 4 ksi, and fy = 6
A $10,000 bond that matures in 20 years with interest at 8% per year payable quarterly was issued 4 years ago. If the bond is purchased now for $10,000 and held to maturity, what will be the effecti
The force F = 90i + 60j + 20k acts at the point (0,0,40). Compute the moment of the force about a line through the origin that has direction cosines (1/sqrt(3), 1/sqrt(3), 1/sqrt(3), 1/sqrt(3)).
Calculate the following for the bar:a) engineering stress at 0.001 (0.1%) strain, b) elongation, c) Young's modulus, d) final diameter of the bar Note: Poisson's ratio is 0.31 for 4140 steel, e) tru
Calculate the (maximum) design load on a hollow AISI 1020 steel shaft with an outside diameter of 2.5 inches and an inside diameter of 2 inches. Assume a safety factor of 2.
The coal has an ash content of 12% by mass. Forty percent of the ash falls out the bottom of the furnace. The rest of the ash is carried out of the furnace with the hot gases into an electrostatic p
Draw the shear force and bending moment diagrams for the beam, making sure to include values for the maximum positive and negative bending moments and their locations. Also determine the distance fr