The data listed below are claimed for power cycles operating between hot and cold reservoirs at 1000 K and 400 K, respectively. For each case determine whether such a cycle is in keeping with the first and second laws of thermodynamics. a) Qh=300 kJ, W(cycle)=160kJ, Qc=140 kJb) Qh=300 kJ, W(cycle)=180kJ, Qc=120 kJc) Qh=300 kJ, W(cycle)=170kJ, Qc=140 kJd) Qh=300 kJ, W(cycle)=200kJ, Qc=100 kJ

Aloaded platform of total mass 500 kg is supported by a dashpot and by a set of springs of effective stiffness 72 kn/m. it is observed that when the platform is depressed through a distance x = 12.5 cm below its equilibrium position and then released without any initial velocity; it reaches its equilibrium position in the shortest possible time without overshoot. find the position and velocity of the loaded platform 0.10 sec. after its release. if a further load of 400 kg is added to the platform, find, i) the frequency of damped vibrations, and i) the amplitude of vibration after 2 complete oscillations, given that the initial amplitude is 15 cm.

Fluids at rest possess no flow energy. a)- true b)- false

At steady state, air at 200 kpa, 325 k, and mass flow rate of 0.5 kg/s enters an insulated duct having differing inlet and exit cross-sectional areas. the inlet cross-sectional area is 6 cm2. at the duct exit, the pressure of the air is 100 kpa and the velocity is 250 m/s. neglecting potential energy effects and modeling air as an 1.008 kj/kg k, determine ideal gas with constant cp = (a) the velocity of the air at the inlet, in m/s. (b) the temperature of the air at the exit, in k. (c) the exit cross-sectional area, in cm2