Develop a computer program or spread sheet to calculate, for a given day and location, the hourly-changed total solar radiation onto a southeast-facing vertical wall and a flat-roof where solar panels are located. The day and location are user-defined. Show your results for May 21 in Newark, NJ.
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Assume you have a subsystem with a failure rate of .00002 failures/hour. At least one such subsystem must work for the system to be functional. You can use up to 2 such subsystems (either 1 or 2) in a network:
List and Sketch 3 types (options) of networks that could be used to arrange such subsystems FROM THE WORST to the BEST Reliability
Network Option 1: WORST Reliability Case (Name and Sketch Below)
Network Option 2: Intermediate Reliability Case (Name and Sketch Below)
Network Option 3: Intermediate Reliability Case (Name and Sketch Below)
Network Option 4: BEST Reliability Case (Name and Sketch Below)
Please answer this question fully.
The Different types of Networks are: Series, Parallel, Series-Parallel, Parallel Series, K-Out-of-M, and Standby
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A small quantity of n-octane is placed in a wide test tube at 20 degrees C and two capillaries are inserted vertically and immersed to the same depth. The radii of the capillaries are unknown but are of the order of 0.1 and 0.01 mm. Air is blown through each capillary in turn and the pressure necessary to just produce a slow stream of bubbles is recorded on a manometer filled with water. Show that the surface tension of each test liquid may be expressed as K(h1 – h2) where h1 and h2 are the two manometer readings and K is a constant for the apparatus.
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I need a two pages summary of the book ( Theory And Design For Mechanical Measurements, 6th Edition) for the chapters from one to chapter seven. The book also contain an introduction and summary for every single chapter which helps but these summaries have to be paraphrased and the most important these chapters have to be interconnected- how these chapters are connected to each others?
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1. A load of 25,000 N is applied on a part of radius 15 mm, what is the shear stress,??
Hint, shear stress = load/cross sectional area.
(up to 10 points)
2. If the maximum shear stress,?, is 250MPa and the applied load is 40,000 N what must the area be to ensure it is a safe design?
Hint, load/shear stress = area.
(up to 10 points)
3. A rivet of radius 5 mm has a shear stress maximum of 170 MPa. What force can it withstand before failure?
Hint Shear stress x area = load.
(up to 5 points)
4. If a fuselage has a diameter of 4 m and material thickness of 1 mm, how will its ability to resist shear stress be compared against a fuselage of 8 m with the same thickness?
Hint, think about the ratio of thickness to diameter.
(up to 10 points)
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Exercise 6.5 Compute the stresses in laminate coordinates at top and bottom of each lamina in Example 6.1 (p. 178) when the laminate is subjected to ?0x = 765(10?6) mm/mm, ?0y = ?280(10?6) mm/mm, ?xy = 34.2(10?6)1/mm and all remaining strains and curvatures equal to zero.
Note: this is Example 6.1 Compute the coefficients in the plate stiffness equations (6.9) for a two- lamina laminate with ?1 = 55?, ?2 = ?55?, t1 = t2 = 0.635 mm
with material properties given E1 = 19.981 GPa, ?12 = 0.274, E2 = 11.389 GPa, G12 = G13 = 3.789 GP a [172]. assume the out-of-plane shear modulus G23 ?= Gm = 0.385 GP a.
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10.8D According to researchers, advances in nanomaterial
fabrication are leading to development of tiny thermoelectric
modules that could be used in various applications, including
integrating nanoscale cooling devices within the uniforms of
firefighters, emergency workers, and military personnel;
embedding thermoelectric modules in facades of a building;
and using thermoelectric modules to recover waste heat in
automobiles. Research two applications for this technology
proposed within the past five years. Investigate the
technical
readiness and economic feasibility for each concept. Report your
findings in an executive summary.
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Superheated steam at 8 MPa and 480°C leaves the steam generator of a vapor power plant. Heat transfer and frictional effects in the line connecting the steam generator and the turbine reduce the pressure and temperature at the turbine inlet to 7.3 MPa and 440°C, respectively. The pressure at the exit of the turbine is 10 kPa, and the turbine operates adiabatically. Liquid leaves the condenser at 8 kPa, 36°C. The pressure is increased to 8.6 MPa across the pump. The turbine and pump isentropic efficiencies are 88%. The mass flow rate of steam is 79.53 kg/s. Determine (a) the net power output, in kW. (b) the thermal efficiency. (c) the rate of heat transfer from the line connecting the steam generator and the turbine, in kW. (d) the mass flow rate of condenser cooling water, in kg/s, if the cooling water enters at 15°C and exits at 35°C with negligible pressure change.
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Estimate the value of the acentric factor, w , for nitrogen, using tabular vapor pressure and critical data. The vapor pressures of nitrogen at 85 and 90 K, respectively, are 2.291 and 3.608 bars. (Note: Do not linearly interpolate the vapor-pressure data, but assume that the vapor pressure Pvis related to the absolute temperature by the relation, ln Pv= A/T + B .)
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If four nuclei of 1H1 were to fuse to produce a nucleus of 2He4, what is the mass defect and the corresponding energy released? What is the energy in kJ that would be released from the fusion of 1 kg of hydrogen?
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a) A machined steel has the following properties: Sut= 400 MPa, Sy= 350 MPa, and S’e= 200 MPa. The value f = 0.9 Sketch the S-N diagram for this material, label the key points on the graph and compute the material strength (Sf) corresponding to 800,000 loading cycles?
b) What value of strength of the materials described above should be used if 3,000,000 loading cycles are expected during the life of this part?
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From a surface measurement made by surface profilometer, the following point values were obtained. (The scale factor is 0.6 micrometer). There are 10 points. 516,534,518,533,518,530,520,526,521 and 526.
Try to find Ra,Rq,Rt values and Ratio Ra/Rq.
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Clearly identify and explain the reason behind the key processing limits relevant to the material extrusion process - FDM (Fuse deposition modelling) that are based on:
a. Limits of the material being processed
b. Limits of the equipment being used
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Answer the 2 questions below in regards to the material extrusion process , FDM (Fuse deposition modelling).
a. Detailed Explanation of how and why the following 3 variables affect the SURFACE FINISH of the product
1. Pressure/Force 2. Temperature 3. Time
b. Detailed Explanation of how and why the following 3 variables affect the DIMENSIONAL ACCURACY of the product
1. Pressure/Force 2. Temperature 3. Time
**you will likely need to consult online or literature sources to be able to explain the mechanisms that cause these accurately);
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Air as an ideal gas enters a diffuser operating at steady state
at 5 bar, 340 K with a velocity of 512 m/s. The exit velocity is
110 m/s.
For adiabatic operation with no internal irreversibilities,
determine the exit temperature, in K, and the exit pressure, in
bar:
(a) for k = 1.4.
(b) using data from Table A-22.
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