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determine the moment of the force f about an axis extending between A and C. Express the result as a cartesian vector. A is at the origin, C is at (4,3,0) and F = (4i + 12j -3k) lb coming out of B (
A water sample contains 118mg/L of bicarbonate ion, 19mg/L of carbonate ion, and has a pH of 9.5. What is the alkalinity of this water expressed as mg/L of CaCO3
To avoid the salinization of soil in a farming area, parallel drainage canals are to be installed to maintain the water table at a depth of at least 4m below the ground surface. It is thought that n
A canal was constructed running parallel to a river 1500 ft away. Both fully penetrate a sand aquifer with a hydraulic conductivity of 1.2 ft/d. The area is subject to rainfall of 1.8 ft/y and evapo
The storativity of the Jordan Aquifer (a regional confined aquifer) is 5 x 10-4 and the porosity is 0.3. The thickness of the aquifer is 200 ft. If the head in the Jordan has been pumped down by 100
The Jordan aquifer has been pumped for several decades, yet remains fully saturated. Explain where the water is coming from.
In a water table aquifer bounded on the ends by rivers, the hydraulic conductivity is 50 m/day. The hydraulic heads at x = 0 and x = 1000 m are 100 m and 90 m, respectively.
the two particles A and B start at the origin O and trevel in opposite directions along the circular path at constant speeds va =.7 m/s and vb =1.5 m/s . Determine the time when they collide and the
car traveling along a circular curve that has a radius of 50m. if its speed is 16m/s and is increasing uniformly at 8 m/s^2 determine the magnitude of its acceleration at this instant
a police officer stops a speeding driver on saturday nigt and gives hima breathalzer test. the test shows that his estimated blood alcohol content is above .08 g/dl, and this is considered evidence
At the beginning of compression the pressure is 14 psi and the temperature if 60°F. The temperature at the end of combustion heat addition is 1500°F and the compression ratio is 9. Use const
For a three span continuous beam ( three 20' spans ), subjected to some uniform load, what is Cb for each span. Assumed the beam is braced against translation and rotation at each support.
The phone lines to an airline reservation system are occupied 40% of the time. assume that the events that the lines are occupied on successive calls are independent. assume that 20 calls are placed
a 520 ft long equal tangent crest vertical curve connects tangents that intersect at station 340 00 and elevation 1325 ft the initial grade is if 4 and the final grade is 2.5 determine the elevation
The fill volume of cans filled by a certain machine is normally distributed with mean 12.05oz and standard deviation 0.03oz. a. What proportion of cans contain less than 12oz b. Of a 100 can sample, w
In a random pattern of eight bits used to test a micro-circuit, each bit is equally likely to be 0 or 1. Assume the values of the bits are independent. a. What is the probability that all eight bits
The selection of the runway for a given day is based on wind at the beginning of the day, and once selected will not be changed for the entire day. The airport has a single peak period each day; thi
A rectangular channel carries a discharge of 2.00 m3/sec per meter of channel width over a weir crest that is 1.4 m in height. The energy grade line upstream of the weir measure 2.7 m above the chan
A normally consolidated clay soil has angle of friction = 20 degrees and effective stress angle of friction = 28 degrees. If a consolidated undrained test is conducted on this clay with an all aroun
Given a type of material used in a wire with diameter (d = 0.25 in) that stretches 2.3 inches while 80 feet of length is under tensile load of 1800 pounds. Find the elastic modulus of the material u
Design the temperature reinforcement, tie bars, and dowel bars for a highway concrete pavement with 13 inch slabs, f'c=3500 psi, traverse joints at 35 ft apar,t and with 3 12 ft lanes each way. Use
Estimate the buoyant force on 10'x10' by 2' deep balsa (SG=0.2) raft with you in it. How deep is it in the water. Be sure to draw well leveled schematic of the system.
Using the DeHoff method, compute the change in internal energy when 12 liters of argon gas at 273 K and 1 atm is compressed to 6 liters with the final pressure equals to 10 atm. Assume argon behaves
Write down a mass balance expression for a chemical release in a lake given the following: the lake is completely mixed, in-flow and out-flow are equal, degradation of the chemical is occurring thro