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A 3-point bending test is performed on a 10 mm diameter rod of Silicon Carbide. The distance between the supports is one foot. If the load at fracture is 10,000N, what is the flexural strength of th
suppose 76% of all commuters ride to work in carpools. if eight workers are randomly selected, find the probability that at least 7 will ride in carpools
Find max pressure at bottom of gate (psi) 2. Total horizontal force on gate 3. moment about the bottom of the gate
An open channel with a trapezoidal configuration with side batters 1V:3H is to be designed to carry 1.0m^3/s with a bedslope of 0.0065. The channel is lined with concrete with manning's n of 0.011.
Consider the rocket on a test stand . The nose of the rocket is fixed. The rocket is of length L, constant EA and constant m, mass per unit length. To investigate longitudinal dynamics, the rocket i
Autonomous (intelligent) software agents are used in Artificial Intelligence to solve an increasing number of complex problems.
Discuss what preventive maintenance is, in terms of computer hardware and software. Write a short report on preventive maintenance tasks. Be sure to detail how often each task should be carried out,
What is the elongation of a rectangular bar (cross section 2 inch * 2 inch length 4 ft) When it is subjected to an axial load of 80,000 lbs. Assume the material of the bar has the following properti
A cutting 9 m deep is to be excavated in saturated clay of unit weight 19 kN/m3. The design shear strength parameters are cu = 30 kN/ m2 and fu = 0. A hard stratum underlies the clay at a depth of 1
A footing 3m X 3m carries a pressure of 500 kN/ m2 at a depth of 1m in a sand substrate. The saturated unit weight of the sand is 20 kN/ m3 and the unit weight above the water table is 18 kN/ m3.
Tank A has a volume of 100 liters and contains saturated vapor r-134 at 30C. With the valve open slightly flow enters cylinder B. a pressure of 200kpa is required to lift piston in b. the process en
A firm's stockholders expect a 15% rate of return, and there is a $12M in common stock and retained earnings. The firm has $5M in loans at an average rate of 7%. The firm has raised $8M by selling b
Lake Pleasant, AZ, has a surface area of approximately 2,000 ha. The inflow for the month of August is zero. The lake is dammed so that no water leaves the impoundment downstream of the dam. There i
How many tons of asphalt concrete will be required to overlay a 3-mile-long, 24-ft.-wide road with 2.5 in. of wearing course asphalt concrete that has a density of 146.3 pcf
A lab test for specific gravity, G, on two samples of lumber indicate that sample A has G= 0.4 and sample B has G= 0.9. Based on this information alone, which wood sample would you choose as a struc
Using the phi index calculated in part c, determine the volume of direct surface runoff (acre-ft) that would result from the following: hour: 1,2,3,4 ; intensity (in/hr): 0.40,0.05,0.30,0.20. phi in
Determine a composite SCS runoff curve number for a 600-acre basin that is totally within soil group C. The land use is 40 percent contoured row crops in poor hydrologic condition and 60 percent nat
The atmosphere is stable with a lapse rate of -0.2C/100m. The surface air temperature is 15C. A parcel of air is released at the ground with a temperature of 25C. Calculate the maximum mixing height
compute the critical buckling load for a 2.5m timber column of full size square section 0.10m x 0.10m. The column has pinned ends(k=1). Assume the modulus of elasticity is 12Gpa and that the Euler f
How can an electronic translator used by tourists when they are travelling abroad assist them and what is the electronic translator?
On a single graph, show how the Gibbs energies of each of these phases vary with temperature between - 20 C and 150 C for a constant pressure of 80 kPa. You can start your computations at the triple
Consider a steel (iron) with 0.2 wt% C. Describe the changes in phases and its structure as it is heated under equilibrium conditions to 850 (deg C).
Three shafts and four gears are used to form a geartrain which will transmit 7.5 kW from the motor at A to a machine tool at F. (Bear- ings for the shafts are omitted from the sketch.) Knowing that
A steel tube has an outside diameter of 2.5 inches and an inside diameter of 2.375 (1/8" thick). If it transmits 35 hp when turning at 2700 rpm, what is the maximum shear stress
A 2-inch by 2-inch solid steel beam (18 inches long) is fixed to the wall at the left to resist applied moment (20,000 lbs-inch). What would the deflection be at the right end Up or down