2 strain gauges with a nominal resistance of 120 ohms (each)and a gauge factor of 2.10 are used in a half bridge (resistances R1 and R3 in fig. 8.5 in the text), with other unstrained resistors being 120 ohms. Supply voltage is 5 V. Calculate the micro strain if the output voltage is 20 mV.

Air inially occupying a volume of 1 m2 at 100 kpa, 27 c undergoes three internally reversible processes in series. process 1-2 compression to 500 kpa during which pv constant process 2-3 adiabatic expanslon to 100 kpa process 3-1: constant-pressure expansion to 100 kpa (a) calculate the change of entropy for each of the three processes. (b) calculate the heat and work involved in each process. (c) is this cycle a power cycle or refrigeration cycle?

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

A5 kg block of fe is dropped into a very large vat of water. the fe and water initial temperatures are 95 and 25 c, respectively. the fe final temperature is 25 c and the water can be treated as a thermal reservoir,. treated as a thermal reservoir take the water to be the system and determine the entropy generation. report vour answer in kj/k.