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The maximum flow rate needs to be 0.011 m3/s. Pumps in the U.S. are still sized by horsepower (hp). Determine the pump size needed, if the pump has an efficiency of 68%.
A 25 cm long glass fiber (E = 72.2 GPa, v = 0.25) has a fracture strength of 75 MPa. What is the minimum diameter of a fiber that can support a 10 kg load?
Taking the beginning tire pressure to be 220 kPa (gage) and the atmospheric pressure to be 100 kPa, determine the fraction of air that can be lost from a tire per year.
One is made from gold and the other from tungsten. Obtain the ratio of the cross-sectional area of the gold wire to the cross-sectional area of the tungsten wire. A of gold/A of tungsten.
Determine the following parameters. a) The pressure and temperatures at each principal state in kPa and k. b) Air mass flow rate. c) The velocity at the nozzle exit.
12 lbm of superheated water vapor at 60psia and 500deg C in a piston cylinder device is cooled at constant pressure until 70% of the mass condenses.
0.2 m3 of saturated liquid R-134a in a piston cylinder is heated at a constant pressure of 800kPa to 50 dcg C. What is the moving boundary work accomplished by this process. kJ? Is work done by or
A 10-mm-diameter Brinell hardness indenter produced an indentation 1.62 mm in diameter in a steel alloy when a load of 500 kg was used. Compute the HB of this material.
Show the process on a P-v diagram and determine (a) the final temperature, (b) the work done by the steam during the process, and (c) the total heat transferred.
What is the time expression for the motor response if the excitation/imbalance is given by f(t) = 1 sin(75t)? What is the amplitude of the response and the magnitude of the transmitted force?
Determine the power of a pump if 2000 kg/min of water is compressed from 100 Kpa to 1 Mpa. the water density can be taken to be 1000 kg/m^3 and its temperature does not change.
The ratio H/l will be identical for the Earth-based water channel and the moon-based canals. In order to achieve dynamic similitude, what size model will be used for the experiments?
The prototype channel will be L = 6ft wide and will have a flow speed of U = 10ft/sec. Determine the width and flow speed of the model channel.
Determine (a) the largest value (less than 45°) of the angle a for which the puck will enter the net, (b) the corresponding time required for the puck to reach the net.
Determine (a) the pressure, (b) the total internal energy, and (c) the mass of each phase. (a) 133 kPa, (b) 890 kJ, (c) 0.00487 m3 (C&B) Is the answer to part b a relative quantity or an absolut
The actual curves themselves (a nonlinear tire) to calculate the cornering force at a slip angle of 1.5 deg. on the front and rear tires. What is the percent error between linearized and nonlinear t
Using this form for the diagonal nodes and appropriate equations for the interior nodes, find the temperature distribution in the bar.
Compute the length of the exchanger, in units of L0 = M Cp / 2k (where M is the mass flow rate of either stream), needed to accomplish the desired heat transfer.
The steam enters at 360 °C with a velocity of 35 m/s and exits as saturated vapor at 0.06 bar with a velocity of 120 m/s. Neglecting potential energy effects, determine the inlet pressure, in ba
Using a finite volume spanning the range 0<=x<=epsilon, derive an expression for qdoubleprime(epsilon) and compare the expression to your result for part (a).
Explain how you can experimentally measure Poisson's ratio of isotropic materials. c. Explain why thermoplastic polymers typicallyexhibit highertoughness than thermosetting polymers.
Kinetic and potential energy effects are negligible. For water (a). Show the process on a T-v diagram. (b) evaluate the work in kJ and (c) evaluate the heat transfer in kJ.
The bead is supported by a cable AC. Determine the force supported by cable AC if the bead, A, is 20 degrees above the x axis.
The gauge senses axial strain. The bridge output is 1 mV for a bridge input of 5V. What is the applied load, assuming the rod is in uniaxial tension?
If each unit mass of air passing from inlet to exit undergoes a process described by pv1.34 = constant, determine the exit temperature, in °C and the diameter of the exit pipe.