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How to solve set of ordinary differential equations (of initial value problem) in matlab using numerical integration method such as newmark B method or integration method.
A paperclip is made of wire 1.25mm in diameter. If the original material from which the wire is made was 15mm in diameter, calculate the longitudinal and diametrical engineering and true strains
An airplane flying at a speed of 180 mph at an altitude of 40ft drops a large package at point A. The package has a parachute which deploys at B and allows the package to descend at a rate of 6 feet p
A painter is standing on a work platform that is 27 feet above ground level. For fall protection, the worker's safety harness D-ring is attached to a 12-foot shock absorbing lanyard that is securely f
The truck is to be towed using two ropes. If the resultant force is to be 950 , directed along the positive axis, determine the magnitudes of force Fa and Fb and acting on each rope and the angle of T
Determine the magnitudes of forces FA and FB acting on each chain and the orientation ? of FB so that the magnitude of FB is a minimum. FA acts at 30° from the y axis as shown.
A homogeneous cylinder with weight G and radius R lay on a rough horizontal floor and adjoins to a rough vertical wall. What conditions must be satisfied by the force F enclosed to a point A
The diagram shows a rigid gate (OAB), which is hinged at O and rests against a rigid support at B. Calculate the minimum horizontal force, P, required to keep the gate closed if its width
Determine the radius of the crank R and the speed n of a slider crank mechanism, used in a shaker table. It is required that the average speed of the table is 5 m/s, and the maximum absolute accelerat
An airplane moves forward at a speed W1= 971 kph. The frontal intake area of the jet engine is A1 = 0.8 m2 and the entering air density is ρ1 = 0.736 kg/m3.
A gymnast of weight 720N is holding himself in the cross position on the high rings. He is quite still. Draw a free-body force diagram for the gymnast, showing the two upward pulls of the rings on his
A long cylindrical rod of diameter 200 mm with thermal conductivity of 0.5 W /m K experienced uniform volumetric heat generation of 24,000 W /m3.
A 3-lb collar can slide on a horizontal rod which is free to rotate about a vertical shaft. The collar is intially held at A by a cord attached to the shaft.
A cyclic steam power plant is to be designed for a steam temperature at turbine inlet of 360 celsius and an exhaust pressure of 0.08bar. after an isentropic expansion of steam in the turbine, the mois
The rigid gate, OAB, shown in the figure below, is hinged at O and rests against a rigid support at B. What minimum horizontal force, P, is required to hold the gate closed if its width is 3.9 m?
A man having the mass of 73 kg sits in the chair which is pin-connected to the frame BC. If the man is always seated in an upright position, determine the magitudes of the horizontal and vertical reac
A solid circular bar of aluminium fits inside a tube of copper with outside diameter of 50mm & 45mm as inside diameter.A pin of 8mm diameter goes through both bars at their end at right angle.
Heat & Mass Transfer Incropera 6th ed prob. 5.68: Asphalt pavement may achieve temperatures as high as 50 degree celcius on a hot summer day.
A spherical balloon contains 2 kg of water at 230 degrees C, 400 kPa (the specific volume is 0.5951 m^3/kg). The balloon material is elastic and the pressure inside is always proportional to the vallo
The 50 Kg wheel is a solid circular disk which rolls on the horizontal plane in a circle of 600mm radius. The wheel shaft is pivoted about the axis O-O and is driven by the vertical shaft at a constan
A helical spring of stiffness k is cut into two halves and a mass m is connected to be 0.5 s. If an identical spring is cut so that one part is one-fourth and the other part three-fourths of the origi
A composite aluminium alloy ( E= 72GPa and v = 0.33 ) cylinder is made up of an inner cylinder with inner and outer diameters of 80 and 120mm, respectively, and outer cylinder with inner and outer dia
The rigid gate,OAB, of Fig. P2.58 is hinged atO and rests against a rigid support atB. What minimum horizontal force,P, is required to hold the gate closed if its width is 3 m?
He uses a mercury barometer to measure the atmospheric pressure at his position and information about the atmospheric pressure and temperature at sea level is transmitted to him.
Show that maximum stored kinetic energy per unit mass of the disk is proportional to the specific strength. Thisindicates that high specific strength materials like fiber composites make the most effi