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The axial compressor has a stage temperature rise of 30K, using a 50% reaction design with a stator outlet angle of 20. If the mean diameter of each single is 25cm and each stage is identical, calcu
Find the mass flow rate for each turbine (not necassirly the same), and the rate of entropy generation in each turbine and the mixing chamber. You may assume that each turbine is adiabatic.
An axial flow compressor stage has blade root,mean and tip velocities of 150,200 and 250 m/s. The stage is to be designed for a stagnation temperature rise of 20K and axial velocity of 150 m/s, both
Initially, the rope is entirely wrapped around the cylinder and the bucket is at rest. Find a symbolic expression for the acceleration of the bucket as it falls down the well.
A ship has an engine that rotates clockwise when viewed from the front. It has an effective moment of inertia of 250 kg m2 and rotates at 400 rev/min. Calculate the magnitude and effect of the gyros
The system contains a sharp-edged entrace, 6 threaded 90 degree elbows, and a sharp edged exit. Determine the required pipe diameter for the given flow conditions. Assume the SG
The automatic transmission in a car receives 25 kW shaft work and gives out 24 kW to the drive shaft. The balance is dissipated in the hydraulic fluid and metal casing, all at 45oC, which in turn tr
Estimate the pressure drop across the honeycomb. the density of the air is 1.12 kg/m3 and the kinematic viscosity is 1.5E-5 m2/s. You may neglect inlet and outlet minor losses.
A beam that lies horizontal is subject to vertical loads resulting in maximum moment of 431 kn.m. The cross section of the beam is rectangular with the base width of 72 mm.
Calculate the rate of heat transfer from the water to the evaporating liquid. The dimensions are: L = 1.2 m, D1 = 3.6 cm, and D2 = 4.9 cm.
A heat engine has a solar collector receiving 600 Btu/h per square foot inside which a transfer media is heated to 800 R. The collected energy powers a heat engine which rejects heat at 100 F. If t
Air is used as the working fluid in a simple ideal Brayton cycle that has a pressure ratio of 12, acompressor inlet temperature of 300 K, and a turbine inlet temperature of 1000 K.
A torque T is imposed at the ends. The maximum shearing stress in the brass is limited to 25 MPa. Find the largest Torque that can be applied.
A four-cylinder, four-stroke, 2.2-L gasoline engine operates on the Otto cycle with a compression ratio of 10. The air is at 100 kPa and 60°C at the beginning of the compression process, and the
How would the natural frequency be analyzed? Assume that the weight density of steel is 76.8 kN/m3 and its elasticity is 2.07 x 1011 Pa.
Consider a 1000-W iron whose base plate is made of 0.5-cm-thick aluminium alloy 2024-T6 (p=2771 kg/m^3) and Cp= 875 J/(kg C). The base plate has a surface area of 0.03 m^2.
Take into account that some of the oxygen is lost to the surface wall material of the furnace. Find the actual air-fuel ratio, the theoretical air-fuel ratio, and the percent excess air.
The cylinder is 0.02m in diameter and has a length of 0.5m in the cross-stream direction. The cylinder is at a temperature of 60°C. Find the rate at which heat is transferred from the cylinder.
A car A is travelling on a straight level road with a uniform speed of 60 km h-1. It is followed by another car B which is moving with a speed of 70 km h-1. When the distance between them is 2.5 km,
Wouldn't the initial pressure of a friction-less piston-cylinder assembly that contains a water-vapor mixture be 200 kPa if the atmospheric pressure is 100 kPa and the pressure due to the piston is
Determine the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of 1 kg of aluminum from 30oC to 100oC. What-if-scenario: How would the conclusion change if wood were heated instead of aluminum.
Show that the continutiy equation for a inviscid, irrotational flow leads to leplaces eqaution in terms of the velocity potential (symbol phy).
An amusement ride consists of a large horizontal circular platform turning at 12 rpm. People attempt to sit on this platform without slipping toward the outer edge. The coefficient of static frictio
What is ductile-to-brittle transition temperature? Describe a method to determine ductile-to-brittle transition temperature ( material science and engineering)