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You can assume that the engines of the F/A-18 supply 65% of the take-off power. What is the minimum required steam-catapult piston volume to supply the other part of the necessary energy?
When a 4-cylinder car is brought in for a tune up the number of cylinders that have low compression is between 0 and 4. What is the standard deviation for cylinders with a problem?
Determine the percent error in using the ideal gas model to determine the specific volume of Water vapor at 2000 lbf/in^2 , 700°F. Explain why the percent error is low or high in each case.
Steam at 20 bars is in the saturated vapor state (call this state 1) and contained in a piston-cylinder device with a volume of 0.03 m3. Determine the change in specific internal energy, u, for each
If the velocity of the liquid leaving through the bottom pipe is 2.21 m/s, what is the velocity of the liquid entering the tank (from pipe above) if the level of the liquid in the tank is constant?
Assuming the pressure of the steam was constant throughout the process determine the work transfer by the impellor.
Determine the heat loss per unit length (W/m) from the pipe under the following circumstances: i) There is not insulation on the pipe. ii) The pipe is wrapped with insulation (k=0.2 W/m^2C) having t
It is desired to limit the amount of nitrogen vaporized to less than 0.45 kg per day. Determine the required thickness (cm) of the insulation layer.
The convective heat transfer coefficient decreases to h = 11 W/m2 K. Determine the new surface and center temperatures of the wire. Are these temperatures reduced?
Will the liquid level in the tank rise to the top or fall to the bottom? What would happen if the tank contained 40 kg instead of 20 kg?
A volleyball player serves the ball with an initial velocity Vo of magnitude 13.40m/s at an angle of 20 degrees with the horizontal.
The fund earns 8 % per year. How much money must be deposited to the fund at the end of the year 0 to just deplete the fund after the last withdraw.
Determine the total change in: (a) length, (b) cross-sectional dimensions, and (c) volume. For the analysis, assume the alloy exhibits elastic behavior with E = 22.7 Times 10 6 psi and v = 0.28.
Determine the lowest speed of rotation of the shaft at which the maximum stress will not exceed 60 MPa and the angle of twist will not exceed 2.5 degrees.
Determine: (a) the heat transfer rates, in kJ per kg of steam flowing, for the working fluid passing through the boiler and the condenser, and (b) the thermal efficiency of the cycle.
Derive all the field equations for the anti-plane shear deformation. Assume that the material is linearly elastic and isotropic. (b) Derive the square-root singular field of a mode III crack.
Obtain the expression for the distance D between the aircraft as a function of time. Plot D versus time until D reaches its minimum value.
What is the average velocity of the oil? If a different oil (viscosity = 0.015 Pa s and density = 925 kg/m^3) is flowing at the same Re, what diameter pipe should be used?
Find the radius of a capillary tube from this data: Length of tube: 50.02cm Kinematic viscosity of liquid: 4.03x10^-5 m^2/s density of liquid.
A piston-cylinder arrangement initially contains water at P=300 psi and T=500 F. Find the work per pound of water during the expansion.
Assume that the lead piston is in thermal equilibrium with the water throughout the process. What is the final Temperature? Show all work.
The driver of a 1300kg car, coasting down a hill sees a right light at the bottom. How much energy as heat must be dissipated by the brakes if wind and other frictional forces are neglected.
Determine the flow rate of steam required to drive the turbine if the turbine is 80.0 percent efficient and the pump is 60.0 percent efficient, in kg/hr.
Calculate the work done when an ideal gas expands isothermally and reversibly in a piston and cylinder assembly knowing that SW= pdv and for ideal gas P= PT/V.
Determine the necessary increase in velocity so that the command module follows a parabolic trajectory. The mass of the moon is 0.01230 Me.