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Consider a blimp that can be approximated as a 3-m diameter, 8-m long ellipsoid and is connected to the ground. On a windless day, the rope tension due to the net buoyancy effect is measured to be 120...
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The inner and outer glasses of a 4-ft × 4-ft double-pane window are at 60°F and 48°F, respectively. If the 0.25-in space between the two glasses is filled with still air, determine the rate of heat tr...
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A 17,000-kg tractor-trailer rig has a frontal area of 9.2 m2, a drag coefficient of 0.96, a rolling resistance coefficient of 0.05 (multiplying the weight of a vehicle by the rolling resistance coeff...
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The inner and outer surfaces of a 0.5-cm thick 2-m × 2-m window glass in winter are 10°C and 3°C, respectively. If the thermal conductivity of the glass is 0.78 W/m⋅K, determine the amount of heat los...
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During an experiment, three aluminum balls (ρs = 2600 kg/m3) having diameters 2, 4, and 10 mm, respectively, are dropped into a tank filled with glycerin at 22°C (ρf = 1274 kg/m3 and μ = 1 kg/m·s)....
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Consider a 2100-kg car cruising at constant speed of 70 km/h. Now the car starts to pass another car by accelerating to 110 km/h in 5 s. Determine the additional power needed to achieve this accelerat...
See AnswerQ: Reconsider Prob. 16–21. Using appropriate software, plot
Reconsider Prob. 16–21. Using appropriate software, plot the amount of heat loss through the glass as a function of the window glass thickness in the range of 0.1 cm to 1.0 cm. Discuss the results. D...
See AnswerQ: Repeat Prob. 15–97 by considering the more general form
Repeat Prob. 15–97 by considering the more general form of Stokes’ law expressed as FD = 3πμDV + (9π/16)ρV2D2 where ρ is the fluid density. Data from Prob. 15-97: During an experiment, three aluminum...
See AnswerQ: An aluminum pan whose thermal conductivity is 237 W/m⋅
An aluminum pan whose thermal conductivity is 237 W/mâ‹…K has a flat bottom with diameter 15 cm and thickness 0.4 cm. Heat is transferred steadily to boiling water in the pan through i...
See AnswerQ: Engine oil at 40°C is flowing over a long flat
Engine oil at 40°C is flowing over a long flat plate with a velocity of 6 m/s. Determine the distance xcr from the leading edge of the plate where the flow becomes turbulent, and calculate and plot th...
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