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Consider a cold worked C11000 copper alloy rod 21 mm in diameter and 250 mm in length. Calculate (a) the maximum tensile load, in N, and (b) the maximum length, in mm, to which the rod may be stretc
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An aluminum alloy tube of length 600mm and circular cross section with an inner diameter of 32mm and an external diameter of 36mm is subjected to an axial tensile force of 25kN. Find the change in l
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Provide the function prototype for the following function if it is to be declared as a friend function of class Planet. Include the class declaration and the proper access attribute, but you are not
The beam is simply supported and spans 25 feet. The beam must be designed for a superimposed uniformly distributed dead load of 1 kip/ft, and a concentrated live load of 12 kips that acts 10 feet fr
A stainless steel (304) bar with a cross section of 0.2" x 0.4" is cut to a length of 30" and placed between two immovable walls at a temperature of 40 degrees F. The operating temperature fo
The aluminum bar has an electrical coil imbedded in it, so that known amounts of heat can be transferred to it. Aluminum has a specific gravity of 2.70 and a specific internal energy given by the fo
Sewage flows through a 12" diameter pipeline then through an 18" diamenter pipeline. The flow is the same (unknown) value in each pipe, and the slope is the same (unknown) contant value for both pip
street nam sizes on the signs at a certain location can be discerned by a person with 20/40 vision from a distance of 300 ft. how much larger should the street names be in order to be legible to a p
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A 175 Mi^2 watershed has a 4200 acre reservior within its boundary . The annual watershed runoff to the reservior is 13in. A flow of 120 mgd (368 ac-ft/day) is to be drafted from the reservior. The
Cartridges cost $120 each and require 2 weeks to obtain from the vendor. Jill uses (Q,r) policy to control inventory of cartridges. You can assume that there are 50 working weeks in a year.
A 1045 steel will be heat treated in air at 900 C. What is the carbon concentration at 0.4 mm below the surface after 6 hours
A community has three major sources of power supply: electricity, gas and oil. Let E, G and O denote events of shortages of each of these power sources, respectively. Their probabilities are estimat
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Assuming Stokes behavior, calculate the terminal settling velocity in standard air for the following particles: (a). diameter = 10 micrometers, specific gravity =1.2; and (b) diameter = 4 micrometer
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