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    ME431- Thermodynamics

    Individual Problem Set No.1

    1. What is the mass in grams and the weight in dynes and in gram-force of 12 oz of salt? Local g is
    9.65 m/s2 1 lbm = 16 oz.

    2. A mass of 0.10 slug in space is subjected to an external vertical force of 4 lb. If the local gravity
    acceleration is g = 30.5 fps2 and if friction effects are neglected, determine the acceleration of the
    mass if the external vertical force is acting (a) upward and (b) downward

    3. The mass of a given airplane at sea level (g = 32.1 fps2) is 10 tons. Find its mass in lb, slugs, and kg
    and its (gravitational) weight in lb when it is travelling at a 50,000-ft elevation. The acceleration of
    gravity g decreases by 3.33 x 10-6 fps2 for each foot of elevation.

    4. A lunar excursion module (LEM) weights 1500 kg, on earth where g = 9.75 mps2. What will be its
    weight on the surface of the moon where gm = 1.70 mps2. On the surface of the moon, what will be
    the force in kg, and in newtons required to accelerate the module at 10 mps 2?

    5. The mass of a fluid system is 0.311 slug; its density is 30 lb/ft3 and g is 31.90 fps2. Find (a) the
    specific volume, (b) the specific weight, and (c) the total volume.

    6. A cylindrical drum (2-ft diameter, 3-ft height) is filled with a fluid whose density is 40lb/ft 3.
    Determine (a) the total volume of fluid, (b) its total mass in pounds and slugs, (c) its specific volume,
    and(d) its specific weight where g = 31.90 fps2.

    7. A weatherman carried an aneroid barometer from the ground floor to his office atop the Sears
    Tower in Chicago. On the ground level, the barometer reads 30.150 inHg absolute; topside it reads
    28.607 inHg absolute. Assume that the average atmospheric air density was 0.075 lb/ ft 3, estimate
    the height of the building.

    8. A vacuum gauge mounted on a condenser reads 0.66 mHg. What is the absolute pressure in the
    condenser in kPa when the atmospheric pressure is 101.3 kPa?

    9. Convert the following readings of pressure to kPa absolute, assuming the barometer reads 760
    mmHg: (a) 90 cmHg gage; (b) 40 cm Hg vacuum; (c) 100 psi gage; (d) 8 inHg vacuum, and (e) 76 inHg
    gage.

    10. A fluid moves in a steady flow manner between two sections in a flow line. At section 1: A =10 ft 2
    vel1= 100 fpm, vol1, = 4 ft3/lb. At section 2: A2- 2 ft2, density2 = 0.201b/f13. Calculate (a) the mass
    flow rate in lb/hr and (b) the speed in fps at section 2.

    11. If a pump discharges 75 gpm of water whose specific weight is 61.5 lb/ft3 (g = 31.95 fps2), find (a)
    the mass flow rate in lb/min, and (b) and total time required to fill a vertical cylinder tank 10 ft, in
    diameter and 12 ft high.

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