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Assume that a jet touches down 170 mph and its speed is reduced to zero in 240 ft. Assuming a constant deceleration, calculate the time elaspsed and the acceleration acting on the jet?
For V=198 ft/s, n=2400 rpm, and D =6.17 ft, (a) show that J is a nondimensional number by "balancing" units and (b) compute the value of J.
A 1 kg sample of water vapor initially at 300 kPa and 250 degrees C cools at constant pressure with no internal irreversibilities until its temperature is 30 degrees C. Determine the work, the heat
Compute (a) values for p, u, V, and D in the English Engineering system (b) Re based on the Internation System, and (C) Re based on the English Engineering system.
Steam enters a turbine with a pressure of 3000 kPa, a temperature of 400 degrees C and a velocity of 160 m/sec. Steam exits as a saturated vapor at 100 degrees C with a velocity of 100 m/sec.
The pressure acting on a 1.25 in^2 test specimen equals 15 Mpa. What is the force (in N) acting on the specimen expressed with the correct number of significant figures?
What is the weight of the probe on the moon's surface in newtons (to the nearest tenth of a newton) if the lunar gravitational acceleration is 1/6 of that on Earth?
Starting from the general form of the heat equation in cylindrical coordinates for a system , write an equation for the steady state condition with 2-D heat flow in the radial direction and axial d
Write the equation of motion for a pendulum consisting of a thin 4kg stick of length L suspended from a pivot. How long should the rod be in order for the period to be exactly 2 sec?
A man is driving his classic 1957 Corvette on a circular path of radius R. The Corvette's distancealong the path's circumference is s = R(t/t )^2, where t is time and t is a characteristic time scal
Water vapor is cooled in a closed rigid tank from 520 C and 100 bar to a final temperature of 270 C. Determine the final pressure, in bar, and sketch the process on T-v and p-v diagrams.
The henrys law constant of oxygen is 0.74mmHg/ mu M, Determine the concentration at arterial and venous condition.
For case (c), plot the acceleration, velocity, and altitude of the parachutist as a function of time. Explain why the acceleration becomes positive as the parachutist falls.
A laboratory glass bottle used in laboratory studies of hypoxia contains gas. Calculate the partial pressure of each of the gas components. Assume atmospheric pressure (760 mmHg)
An apparatus for measuring thermal conductivity employs an electrical heater sand- wiched between two identical samples of diamter 30 mm and length 60 mm which are pressed between two plates maintai
The model simulation is ran in parallel with the actual system to allow for model tuning and validation. Do you expect the motor to behave exactly as the model suggests? IF not, list three factors t
Consider a 300 mm x 300 mm window in an aircraft. For a temperature difference of 80oC from the inner to the outer surface of the window, calculate the heat loss through a 10 mm think polycarbonate,
The incoming air velocity is 100 m/s. the air density and temperature are 1.2 kg/(m^3) and 300 K respectively. Determine the drag force.
Assume steady-state one dimensional heat conduction through the symmetric shape shown. Assuming that there is no internal heat generation, derive an expresion for the thermal conductivity for these
The steady state temperature distribution in a one-dimensional wall of thermal con- ductivity 50 W/mK and thickness 50 mm is observed to be T = a + bx2, where a= 200oC and b=-2000oC/m2.
What is the acceleration in m/s^2? Does it change if mercury? What is the gage pressure at the bottom left corner (density or water = 1000kg/m) ?
A sphere is fired downwards into a medium with an initial speed of 27 m/s. If it experiences a deceleration of a = (-6t) m/s2, where t is in seconds, determine the distance traveled before it stops.
In each case, the final pressure is 2 bar. Determine the work done by the gas and the initial pressure in each case. Assuming an ideal gas, in which case would the temperature remain constant? (2, 1
An oil supertanker has a tank capacity of half a million metric tons of crude oil (SG = 0.86). Assume that the ship can be approximated as a rectangle (length 400 m, width 65 m), with a mass of abou
Propane in a steel bottle of volume 0.1 m3 has a quality of 10% at a temperature of 15 C. Use the generalized compressibility chart to estimate the total propane mass and to find the pressure.