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An air-standard Otto cycle operates with a compression ratio of 8. At the start of the compression stroke, the pressure is 15 psia and the temperature is 80 degrees F. the maximum pressure in the cy
An air-standard Otto cycle operates with 520 degrees R and 14.7 psia at the beginning of the compression portion of the cycle. If 300 BTU/lbm is added as heat and the maximum temperature of the cyc
Titanium (w=6.94x10^-19J) and silicon (w=7.77x10^-19J) surfaces are irradiated with UV radiation with a wavelength of 227nm. What is the wavelength of the electrons emitted by the titanium surface?
Determine the force in each member of the space truss and state if the members are in tension or compression. The truss is supported by ball and socket joints A, B and E. Set F=-200i+400j
Eight kilograms of the gas are heated from 17 to 187 K at constant volume. Determine (a) the work done by the gas, (b) the change in enthalpy of the gas, in kJ, and (c) the heat transferred, in kJ.
A 2mm straight stockpiece of steel has a 90d,bend. the total length of the unbent piece was 64mm. From the end of the piece to where the piece starts bending is 42mm.
Determine the largest intesity w0 of the distributed load that the beam can support if the beam can withstand a maximum bending moment of Mmax =20knm and a maximum shear force of Vmax=80kn.
The whole system is now heated until the volume of chamber 2 is 0.09 m^3 and the temperature is the same in all chambers. What is the final temperature of this system?
Refrigerant-134a is being transported at .1kg/s through a Teflon tube of inside diameter Di = 25mm and outside diameter Do = 28mm, while atmospheric air at V = 25 m/s and 300K is in cross flow over
A heat engine accepts 200,000 Btu of heat from a source at 1500 R and rejects 100,000 Btu of heat to a sink at 600 R. Calculate the entropy change of all the components of this engine and determine
A refrigerant at -40°C flows inside a copper pipe (inside diameter = 3 cm, outside diameter = 3.4 cm) with a convective heat transfer coefficient of 110 W/m2K at the inner surface.
A 60-kg wrecking ball B is attached to a 15-m-long steel cable AB and swings in the vertical arc shown. Determine the tension in the cable (a) at the top C of the swing, (b) at the bottom D of the s
A Carnot refrigerator is used for making ice. Water freezing at 32 F is the cold reservoir. Heat is rejected to a river at 72 F. Determine the work required to freeze 2000 lbm of ice? (The latent h
The two flows exchange energy as they flow alongside each other to the exit, where the air should be cooled to 350K.
A triangular access port must be provided in the side of a form containing liquid concrete. Determine the resultant force that acts on the port and its point of application.
Now an electric resistor placed in the tank is turned on, and the tank is observed to contain saturated water vapor after 20 min. Determine (a) the volume of the tank, (b) the final temperature, and
A sky diver with a mass of 70 kg jumps from an aircraft. The aerodynamic drag force acting on the sky diver is known to be FD =kV2, where k=.25 N.s2/m2.
A power plant based on the Rankine cycle is under development to provide a net power output of 10 MW. Solar collectors are to be used to generate Refrigerant 22 vapor at 1.6MPa, 50 degrees C, for ex
If the water is a two-phase liquid-vapor mixture, determine the quality. Ammonia at a pressure of 40 lbf/in. 2 has a specific internal energy of 308.75 Btu/lb. Determine the specific volume at the s
The true stress-strain curve of a material obeys the power-hardening law with n = 0.18. A piece of this material was given a tensile strain of e = 0.03 before being sent to a laboratory for tension
Determine the magnitude and line of action of the total resultant force from all fluids acting on the door,Place the origin of your coordinate system 1 m below the free surface.
A tube of diameter 50 mm having a surface temperature of 85°C is embedded in the center plane of a concrete slab 0.1-meter thick with upper and lower surfaces at 20°C.
Draw a complete schematic diagram for each of the two cycles. Calculate the overall COP of the combined-cycle package = useful effect/expensive input?
The cable is encased in a thin-walled pipe of 0.1-meter diameter, and to render the cable superconducting (essentially zero power dissipation), the space between the cable and pipe is filled with li
An ionic solid contains cation vacancies, anion vacancies, and cation interstitials. Compute the relative concentrations of all of the defect species. Assume that the cations and anions are monovalent