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The probe is a rod that is inserted down the center of the tank. The material has a dielectric constant (k) of 5. Calculate the capacitance when the material height is 4m.
The bottom surface of the plate is insulated. Determine the temperature at the center plane of the brass plate after 3 minutes of cooling.
Using analytical one-term approximation method (not the Heisler charts), determine the heat transfer coefficient and the amount of transfer during this period if there are eight such tomatoes in wat
If the initial temperature of the shell is 10 [Degree Celsius], determine the shell temperature after 5 minutes of recentry. Assume heat transfer occurs only on the satellite shell.
Using the change in volume and the hydrostatic stress, calculate the bulk modulus of the material. And lastly, calculate the bulk modulus of the material using Young's Modulus and Poisson's Ratio.
A frictionless piston-cylinder device with a set of stops contains .5m^3 of saturated H2O at 200 kPa. Calculate the sign and magnitude of the work done and the heat transferred in this process.
A year after buying her car, Anita has been offered a job in Europe. Her car load is for $15,000 at a 9% nominal interest rate for 60 months. How much does she get to keep after paying off the loan?
Determine the cart's velocity if the balls are projected one by one at a velocity VB = 3.5 m/s relative to the cart. Determine the cart's velocity if all three balls were projected at once at a velo
Assume a reversible adiabatic compressor and find the compressor exit temperature and the increase in air exergy through the compressor.
The upper end of the open link chain of length L and mass p per unit length is lowered at a constant speed v by the force P. Determine the reading R of the platform scale in terms of x.
A cylindrical tank of height = 6m, diameter = 20m, is made of structural steel (E + 200 GPa), and will be used to store stove oil with a density of 850 kg/m^3.
A windmill is operating in a 10 m/s wind that has a density of 1.2 kg/m^3. Assume that the velocity distributions are uniform and the air is incompressible. Determine the thrust force on the windmill.
Assuming ideal gas behavior, show the process on a P-v diagram and calculate the thermal efficiency of the cycle, where thermal efficiency is defined as the net work out divided by the heat in.
What are the differences between three-point bending tests and four-point bending tests? Is the data suitable for characterizing the tensile properties of an alumina cermamic, and why? What tests wo
If the coefficient of restitution between A and B is e, determine the velocity of the plate just after collision. The spring has a stiffness k.
Determine the velocity of each block just after collision and the distance between the blocks when they stop sliding. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the blocks and the plane is Uk=0.3.
Use CES to make an E-Tm chart for metals and estimate a line of slope 1 through the data for the metals. Use this line to estimate the elastic modulus of cobalt, given that it has a melting point of
A heat engine operates between two reservoirs, one at 1000 C and the other at 300 C. For every heat interaction of 1 kJ with the high-temperature reservoir, it rejects 0.6 kJ into the lowtemperature
Determine the external reactions on the x and y directions needed to hold the fixed vane, which turns the free oil jet in a horizontal plane v1=18m/s. v2=17m/s and Q=.15m^3/s.
If the earned value is right on schedule but the actual expenses are $9,000, what are the cost and schedule variances? What are the three indexes, the ETC, and the EAC? Use the proportionality rule.
A geothermal power plant uses geothermal liquid water (assume saturated liquid) at 150 °C at a rate of 210 kg/s as the heat source. Determine the exergy of the geothermal water entering the plant
Draw sketches to clarify your answer. Are the data suitable for truly characterizing the tensile properties of the material? Why? What test or tests would be better?
What is the maximum power that can be dissipated from the surface without causing damage to the electronics, which would occur at an average surface temperature exceeding 50 degree C?
Determine the volume flow rate in m^3/s, at the engines inlet and the mass flow rate in kg/s, at the engines exit assume no mass accumulation inside the engine.
Determine the mass of air that has escaped to the room from the tank. Assume that the flow of methane is one directional and there is no air in the tank when STP density is reached.