Ch01 Metric

Borgnakke Sonntag
Fundamentals of
Thermodynamics
SOLUTION MANUAL
CHAPTER 1
8e
Updated October 2012
Borgnakke and Sonntag
CONTENT CHAPTER 1
SUBSECTION
Concept Problems
Properties, Units and Force
Specific Volume
Pressure
Manometers and Barometers
Energy and Temperature
Review problems
PROB NO.
1-21
22-37
38-44
45-61
62-83
84-95
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In-Text Concept Questions

1.a
Make a control volume around the turbine in the steam power plant in Fig. 1.2 and
list the flows of mass and energy that are there.
Solution:
We see hot high pressure steam flowing in
at state 1 from the steam drum through a
flow control (not shown). The steam leaves
at a lower pressure to the condenser (heat
exchanger) at state 2. A rotating shaft gives
a rate of energy (power) to the electric
generator set.
WT
2
1.b
Take a control volume around your kitchen refrigerator and indicate where the
components shown in Figure 1.3 are located and show all flows of energy transfers.
Solution:
The valve and the

cold line, the
evaporator, is
inside close to the
inside wall and
usually a small
blower distributes
cold air from the
freezer box to the
refrigerator room.
Q leak
The black grille in

the back or at the
bottom is the
condenser that
gives heat to the
room air.
The compressor
sits at the bottom.
cb

1.c
Why do people float high in the water when swimming in the Dead Sea as compared
with swimming in a fresh water lake?
As the dead sea is very salty its density is higher than fresh water density. The
buoyancy effect gives a force up that equals the weight of the displaced water.
Since density is higher the displaced volume is smaller for the same force.

1.d
Density of liquid water is = 1008 T/2 [kg/m3] with T in oC. If the temperature
increases, what happens to the density and specific volume?
E
Solution:
The density is seen to decrease as the temperature increases.
= T/2
Since the specific volume is the inverse of the density v = 1/ it will increase.
1.e
A car tire gauge indicates 195 kPa; what is the air pressure inside?
The pressure you read on the gauge is a gauge pressure, P, so the absolute
pressure is found as
P = Po + P = 101 + 195 = 296 kPa

1.f
Can I always neglect P in the fluid above location A in figure 1.13? What does that
depend on?
If the fluid density above A is low relative to the manometer fluid then you
neglect the pressure variation above position A, say the fluid is a gas like air and the
manometer fluid is like liquid water. However, if the fluid above A has a density of
the same order of magnitude as the manometer fluid then the pressure variation with
elevation is as large as in the manometer fluid and it must be accounted for.
1.g
A U tube manometer has the left branch connected to a box with a pressure of 110
kPa and the right branch open. Which side has a higher column of fluid?
Solution:
Box
Since the left branch fluid surface

feels 110 kPa and the right branch
surface is at 100 kPa you must go
further down to match the 110 kPa.
The right branch has a higher column
of fluid.
Po
H
Concept Problems

1.1
Make a control volume around the whole power plant in Fig. 1.1 and with the help of
Fig. 1.2 list what flows of mass and energy are in or out and any storage of energy.
Make sure you know what is inside and what is outside your chosen C.V.
Solution:
Smoke
Boiler
building
stack
Coal conveyor system Storage

gypsum
cb
flue
gas
Coal
storage
Turbine house
Dock
Combustion air
Underground Welectrical
power cable
District heating
Cold return
Hot water
m
m
m
Flue gas
Storage for later

m
transport out:
Gypsum, fly ash, slag
m
Coal

1.2
Make a control volume around the refrigerator in Fig. 1.3. Identify the mass flow of
external air and show where you have significant heat transfer and where storage
changes.
The valve and the

cold line, the
evaporator, is
inside close to the
inside wall and
usually a small
blower distributes
cold air from the
freezer box to the
refrigerator room.
Q leak
The black grille in

the back or at the
bottom is the
condenser that
gives heat to the
room air.
The compressor
sits at the bottom.
cb
The storage changes inside the box which is outside of the refrigeration cycle
components of Fig. 1.3, when you put some warmer mass inside the refrigerator it is
being cooled by the evaporator and the heat is leaving in the condenser.
The condenser warms outside air so the air flow over the condenser line carries away
some energy. If natural convection is not enough to do this a small fan is used to
blow air in over the condenser (forced convection). Likewise the air being cooled by
the evaporator is redistributed inside the refrigerator by a small fan and some ducts.
Since the room is warmer than the inside of the refrigerator heat is transferred into
the cold space through the sides and the seal around the door. Also when the door is
opened warm air is pulled in and cold air comes out from the refrigerator giving a
net energy transfer similar to a heat transfer.

1.3
Separate the list P, F, V, v, , T, a, m, L, t, and V into intensive, extensive, and nonproperties.

Solution:
Intensive properties are independent upon mass: P, v, , T
Extensive properties scales with mass:
V, m
Non-properties:
F, a, L, t, V
Comment: You could claim that acceleration a and velocity V are physical
properties for the dynamic motion of the mass, but not thermal properties.

1.4
A tray of liquid water is placed in a freezer where it cools from 20oC to -5oC. Show
the energy flow(s) and storage and explain what changes.
E
Inside the freezer box, the walls are very cold as they are the outside of the
evaporator, or the air is cooled and a small fan moves the air around to redistribute
the cold air to all the items stored in the freezer box. The fluid in the evaporator
absorbs the energy and the fluid flows over to the compressor on its way around the
cycle, see Fig. 1.3. As the water is cooled it eventually reaches the freezing point and
ice starts to form. After a significant amount of energy is removed from the water it
is turned completely into ice (at 0oC) and then cooled a little more to -5oC. The
water has a negative energy storage and the energy is moved by the refrigerant fluid
out of the evaporator into the compressor and then finally out of the condenser into
the outside room air.
E
C. Borgnakke

1.5
The overall density of fibers, rock wool insulation, foams and cotton is fairly low.
Why is that?
Solution:
All these materials consist of some solid substance and mainly air or other gas.
The volume of fibers (clothes) and rockwool that is solid substance is low relative
to the total volume that includes air. The overall density is
m msolid + mair
=V= V
solid + Vair
where most of the mass is the solid and most of the volume is air. If you talk
about the density of the solid only, it is high.
A

1.6
Is density a unique measure of mass distribution in a volume? Does it vary? If so, on
what kind of scale (distance)?
Solution:
Density is an average of mass per unit volume and we sense if it is not evenly
distributed by holding a mass that is more heavy in one side than the other.
Through the volume of the same substance (say air in a room) density varies only
little from one location to another on scales of meter, cm or mm. If the volume
you look at has different substances (air and the furniture in the room) then it can
change abruptly as you look at a small volume of air next to a volume of
hardwood.
Finally if we look at very small scales on the order of the size of atoms the density
can vary infinitely, since the mass (electrons, neutrons and positrons) occupy very
little volume relative to all the empty space between them.

1.7
Water in nature exists in different phases such as solid, liquid and vapor (gas).
Indicate the relative magnitude of density and specific volume for the three phases.
Solution:
Values are indicated in Figure 1.8 as density for common substances. More
accurate values are found in Tables A.3, A.4 and A.5
Water as solid (ice) has density of around 900 kg/m3
Water as liquid has density of around 1000 kg/m3
Water as vapor has density of around 1 kg/m3 (sensitive to P and T)
E
Ice cube
Liquid drops falling
Cloud*
* Steam (water vapor) cannot be seen what you see are tiny drops suspended in air from
which we infer that there was some water vapor before it condensed.

1.9
Can you carry 1 m3 of liquid water?
E
Solution:
The density of liquid water is about 1000 kg/m3 from Figure 1.7, see also Table
A.3. Therefore the mass in one cubic meter is
E
m = V = 1000 kg/m3 1 m3 = 1000 kg

E
and we can not carry that in the standard gravitational field.

1.10
A heavy refrigerator has four height-adjustable feet. What feature of the feet will
ensure that they do not make dents in the floor?
Answer:
The area that is in contact with the floor supports the total mass in the
gravitational field.
F = PA = mg
so for a given mass the smaller the area is the larger the pressure becomes.

1.11
A swimming pool has an evenly distributed pressure at the bottom. Consider a stiff
steel plate lying on the ground. Is the pressure below it just as evenly distributed?
Solution:
The pressure is force per unit area from page 13:
P = F/A = mg/A
The steel plate can be reasonable plane and flat, but it is stiff and rigid. However,
the ground is usually uneven so the contact between the plate and the ground is
made over an area much smaller than the actual plate area. Thus the local pressure
at the contact locations is much larger than the average indicated above.
The pressure at the bottom of the swimming pool is very even due to the ability of
the fluid (water) to have full contact with the bottom by deforming itself. This is
the main difference between a fluid behavior and a solid behavior.
Steel plate
Ground
1.12
What physically determines the variation of the atmospheric pressure with elevation?
The total mass of the column of air over a unit area and the gravitation gives the
force which per unit area is pressure. This is an integral of the density times
gravitation over elevation as in Eq.1.4.
To perform the integral the density and gravitation as a function of height (elevation)
should be known. Later we will learn that air density is a function of temperature and
pressure (and compositions if it varies). Standard curve fits are known that describes
this variation and you can find tables with the information about a standard
atmosphere. See problems 1.28, 1.64, and 1.95 for some examples.
1.13
Two divers swim at 20 m depth. One of them swims right in under a supertanker; the
other stays away from the tanker. Who feels a greater pressure?
Solution:
Each one feels the local pressure which is the static pressure only a function of
depth.
Pocean= P0 + P = P0 + gH
A
So they feel exactly the same pressure.

1.14
A manometer with water shows a P of Po/20; what is the column height difference?
Solution:
P = Po/20 = Hg
H = Po/(20 g) =
101.3 1000 Pa
20 997 kg/m3 9.80665 m/s2
A
= 0.502 m
1.15
Does the pressure have to be uniform for equilibrium to exist?
No. It depends on what causes a pressure difference. Think about the pressure
increasing as you move down into the ocean, the water at different levels are in
equilibrium. However if the pressure is different at nearby locations at same
elevation in the water or in air that difference induces a motion of the fluid from
the higher towards the lower pressure. The motion will persist as long as the
pressure difference exist.

1.16
A water skier does not sink too far down in the water if the speed is high enough.
What makes that situation different from our static pressure calculations?
The water pressure right under the ski is not a static pressure but a static plus
dynamic pressure that pushes the water away from the ski. The faster you go, the
smaller amount of water is displaced but at a higher velocity.

1.17
What is the lowest temperature in degrees Celsuis? In degrees Kelvin?
Solution:
The lowest temperature is absolute zero which is
at zero degrees Kelvin at which point the
temperature in Celsius is negative
TK = 0 K = 273.15 oC
E

1.18
Convert the formula for water density in In-text Concept Question d to be for T in
degrees Kelvin.
Solution:
= 1008 TC/2
[kg/m3]
E
We need to express degrees Celsius in degrees Kelvin

TC = TK 273.15
and substitute into formula
= 1008 TC/2 = 1008 (TK 273.15)/2 = 1144.6 TK/2

1.19
A thermometer that indicates the temperature with a liquid column has a bulb with a
larger volume of liquid, why is that?
The expansion of the liquid volume with temperature is rather small so by having
a larger volume expand with all the volume increase showing in the very small
diameter column of fluid greatly increases the signal that can be read.

1.20
What is the main difference between the macroscopic kinetic energy in a motion
like the blowing of wind versus the microscopic kinetic energy of individual
molecules? Which one can you sense with your hand?
Answer:
The microscopic kinetic energy of individual molecules is too small for us to
sense however when the combined action of billions (actually more like in the
order of 10E18) are added we get to the macroscopic magnitude we can sense.
The wind velocity is the magnitude and direction of the averaged velocity over
many molecules which we sense. The individual molecules are moving in a
random motion (with zero average) on top of this mean (or average) motion. A
characteristic velocity of this random motion is the speed of sound, around 340
m/s for atmospheric air and it changes with temperature.

1.21
How can you illustrate the binding energy between the three atoms in water as
they sit in a tri-atomic water molecule. Hint: imagine what must happen to create
three separate atoms.
Answer:
If you want to separate the atoms you must pull them apart. Since they are bound
together with strong forces (like non-linear springs) you apply a force over a
distance which is work (energy in transfer) to the system and you could end up
with two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom far apart so they no longer have
strong forces between them. If you do not do anything else the atoms will sooner
or later recombine and release all the energy you put in and the energy will come
out as radiation or given to other molecules by collision interactions.
Properties, Units, and Force

1.22
An apple weighs 60 g and has a volume of 75 cm3 in a refrigerator at 8oC.
What is the apple density? List three intensive and two extensive properties of the
apple.
E
Solution:
m
0.06
kg
kg
= V = 0.000 075
= 800 3
3
m
m
A
EA
EA
AE
AE
Intensive
kg
;
m3
T = 8C;
= 800
EA
AE
1
m3
= 0.001 25 kg
P = 101 kPa
v=
EA
Extensive
m = 60 g = 0.06 kg
V = 75 cm3 = 0.075 L = 0.000 075 m3
E

1.23
One kilopond (1 kp) is the weight of 1 kg in the standard gravitational field. How
many Newtons (N) is that?
F = ma = mg
1 kp = 1 kg 9.807 m/s2 = 9.807 N
E
1.24
A stainless steel storage tank contains 5 kg of oxygen gas and 7 kg of nitrogen
gas. How many kmoles are in the tank?
Table A.2: MO2 = 31.999 ; MN2 = 28.013

A
nO2 = mO2 / MO2 = 31.999 = 0.15625 kmol

A
7
nO2 = mN2 / MN2 = 28.013 = 0.24988 kmol
A
ntot = nO2 + nN2 = 0.15625 + 0.24988 = 0.40613 kmol

A

1.25
A steel cylinder of mass 4 kg contains 4 L of liquid water at 25oC at 100 kPa.
Find the total mass and volume of the system. List two extensive and three
intensive properties of the water
E
Solution:
Density of steel in Table A.3:
Volume of steel:
= 7820 kg/m3
4 kg
V = m/ =
= 0.000 512 m3
7820 kg/m3
E
Density of water in Table A.4: = 997 kg/m3

E
Mass of water:
m = V = 997 kg/m3 0.004 m3 = 3.988 kg

E
Total mass:
m = msteel + mwater = 4 + 3.988 = 7.988 kg
Total volume:
V = Vsteel + Vwater = 0.000 512 + 0.004

= 0.004 512 m3 = 4.51 L
E
Extensive properties: m, V
Intensive properties: (or v = 1/), T, P

1.26
The standard acceleration (at sea level and 45 latitude) due to gravity is
9.80665 m/s2. What is the force needed to hold a mass of 2 kg at rest in this
gravitational field? How much mass can a force of 1 N support?
E
Solution:
ma = 0 = F = F - mg
F = mg = 2 kg 9.80665 m/s2 = 19.613 N

E
F = mg
=>
F
1N
m=g=
= 0.102 kg
9.80665 m/s2
A

1.27
An aluminum piston of 2.5 kg is in the standard gravitational field where a force
of 25 N is applied vertically up. Find the acceleration of the piston.
Solution:
Fup = ma = F mg
F mg F
a= m
=mg
25 N
= 2.5 kg 9.807 m/s2
= 0.193 ms-2
A

1.28
When you move up from the surface of the earth the gravitation is reduced as g =
9.807 3.32 10-6 z, with z as the elevation in meters. How many percent is the
weight of an airplane reduced when it cruises at 11 000 m?
Solution:
go= 9.807 ms-2
gH = 9.807 3.32 10-6 11 000 = 9.7705 ms-2
Wo = m go ; WH = m gH
9.7705
WH/ Wo = gH/ go = 9.807 = 0.9963
Reduction = 1 0.9963 = 0.0037
or 0.37%
i.e. we can neglect that for most applications.

1.29
A car rolls down a hill with a slope so the gravitational pull in the direction of
motion is one tenth of the standard gravitational force (see Problem 1.26). If the
car has a mass of 2500 kg find the acceleration.
Solution:
ma = F = mg / 10
a = mg / 10m = g/10
= 9.80665 (m/s2) / 10
= 0.981 m/s2
This acceleration does not depend on the mass of the car.

1.30
A van is driven at 60 km/h and is brought to a full stop with constant deceleration
in 5 seconds. If the total car and driver mass is 2075 kg find the necessary force.
Solution:
Acceleration is the time rate of change of velocity.
dV 60 1000
a = dt =
= 3.333 m/s2
3600 5
ma = F ;
Fnet = ma = 2075 kg 3.333 m/s2 = 6916 N

1.31
A 1500-kg car moving at 20 km/h is accelerated at a constant rate of 4 m/s2 up to
a speed of 75 km/h. What are the force and total time required?
Solution:
dV V
a = dt =
=>
t
(75 20) km/h 1000 m/km
V
t = a =
= 3.82 sec
3600 s/h 4 m/s2
F = ma = 1500 kg 4 m/s2 = 6000 N

1.32
On the moon the gravitational acceleration is approximately one-sixth that on the
surface of the earth. A 5-kg mass is weighed with a beam balance on the surface
on the moon. What is the expected reading? If this mass is weighed with a spring
scale that reads correctly for standard gravity on earth (see Problem 1.26), what is
the reading?
Solution:
Moon gravitation is: g = gearth/6
m
m
Beam Balance Reading is 5 kg

This is mass comparison
Spring Balance Reading is in kg units

Force comparison
length F g
5
Reading will be kg
6

1.33
The elevator in a hotel has a mass of 750 kg, and it carries six people with a total
mass of 450 kg. How much force should the cable pull up with to have an
acceleration of 1 m/s2 in the upwards direction?
Solution:
The total mass moves upwards with an

acceleration plus the gravitations acts
with a force pointing down.
ma = F = F mg
F = ma + mg = m(a + g)
= (750 + 450) kg (1 + 9.81) m/s2
= 12 972 N

1.34
One of the people in the previous problem weighs 80 kg standing still. How much
weight does this person feel when the elevator starts moving?
Solution:
The equation of motion is
ma = F = F mg
so the force from the floor becomes
F = ma + mg = m(a + g)
= 80 kg (1 + 9.81) m/s2
= 864.8 N
= x kg 9.81 m/s2
Solve for x
x = 864.8 N/ 9.81 m/s2 = 88.15 kg
The person then feels like having a mass of 88 kg instead of 80 kg. The weight
is really force so to compare to standard mass we should use kp. So in this
example the person is experiencing a force of 88 kp instead of the normal 80 kp.

1.35
A bottle of 12 kg steel has 1.75 kmole of liquid propane. It accelerates horizontal
with 3 m/s2, what is the needed force?
Solution:
The molecular weight for propane is M = 44.094 from Table A.2. The force
must accelerate both the container mass and the propane mass.
m = msteel + mpropane = 12 + (1.75 44.094) = 90.645 kg

ma = F
F = ma = 90.645 kg 3 m/s2 = 271.9 N

1.36
Some steel beams with a total mass of 700 kg are raised by a crane with an
acceleration of 2 m/s2 relative to the ground at a location where the local
gravitational acceleration is 9.5 m/s2. Find the required force.
Solution:
F = ma = Fup mg
Fup = ma + mg = 700 kg ( 2 + 9.5 )
m/s2
= 80 500 N
Specific Volume

1.37
A 1 m3 container is filled with 400 kg of granite stone, 200 kg dry sand and 0.2
m3 of liquid 25C water. Use properties from tables A.3 and A.4. Find the
average specific volume and density of the masses when you exclude air mass and
volume.
Solution:
Specific volume and density are ratios of total mass and total volume.
mliq = Vliq/vliq = Vliq liq = 0.2 m3 997 kg/m3 = 199.4 kg
mTOT = mstone + msand + mliq = 400 + 200 + 199.4 = 799.4 kg
Vstone = mv = m/ = 400 kg/ 2750 kg/m3 = 0.1455 m3
Vsand = mv = m/ = 200/ 1500 = 0.1333 m3
VTOT = Vstone + Vsand + Vliq
= 0.1455 + 0.1333 + 0.2 = 0.4788 m3
v = VTOT / mTOT = 0.4788/799.4 = 0.000599 m3/kg

= 1/v = mTOT/VTOT = 799.4/0.4788 = 1669.6 kg/m3

1.38
A power plant that separates carbon-dioxide from the exhaust gases compresses it
to a density of 110 kg/m3 and stores it in an un-minable coal seam with a porous
volume of 100 000 m3. Find the mass they can store.
Solution:
m = V = 110 kg/m3 100 000 m3 = 11 10 6 kg
Just to put this in perspective a power plant that generates 2000 MW by burning
coal would make about 20 million tons of carbon-dioxide a year. That is 2000
times the above mass so it is nearly impossible to store all the carbon-dioxide
being produced.

1.39
A 15-kg steel gas tank holds 300 L of liquid gasoline, having a density of 800
kg/m3. If the system is decelerated with 2g what is the needed force?
Solution:
m = mtank + mgasoline
= 15 kg + 0.3 m3 800 kg/m3
= 255 kg
cb
F = ma = 255 kg 2 9.81 m/s2

= 5003 N

1.40
A 5 m3 container is filled with 900 kg of granite (density 2400 kg/m3 ) and the
rest of the volume is air with density 1.15 kg/m3. Find the mass of air and the
overall (average) specific volume.
Solution:
mair = V = air ( Vtot
mgranite
)
900
= 1.15 [ 5 - 2400 ] = 1.15 4.625 = 5.32 kg
V
5
v = m = 900 + 5.32 = 0.005 52 m3/kg
Comment: Because the air and the granite are not mixed or evenly distributed in
the container the overall specific volume or density does not have much meaning.

1.41
A tank has two rooms separated by a membrane. Room A has 1 kg air and volume
0.5 m3, room B has 0.75 m3 air with density 0.8 kg/m3. The membrane is broken
and the air comes to a uniform state. Find the final density of the air.
Solution:
Density is mass per unit volume
m = mA + mB = mA + BVB = 1 + 0.8 0.75 = 1.6 kg
V = VA + VB = 0.5 + 0.75 = 1.25 m3
m 1.6
= V = 1.25 = 1.28 kg/m3
cb

1.42
One kilogram of diatomic oxygen (O2 molecular weight 32) is contained in a 500L tank. Find the specific volume on both a mass and mole basis (v and v ).
Solution:
From the definition of the specific volume
V 0.5
v = m = 1 = 0.5 m3/kg
V
V
3
v = =
n m/M = M v = 32 0.5 = 16 m /kmol
Pressure

1.43
A 5000-kg elephant has a cross sectional area of 0.02 m2 on each foot. Assuming
an even distribution, what is the pressure under its feet?
Force balance:
ma = 0 = PA mg
P = mg/A = 5000 kg 9.81 m/s2 /(4 0.02 m2)
= 613 125 Pa = 613 kPa

1.44
A valve in a cylinder has a cross sectional area of 11 cm2 with a pressure of 735
kPa inside the cylinder and 99 kPa outside. How large a force is needed to open
the valve?
Fnet = PinA PoutA
= (735 99) kPa 11 cm2
Pcyl
= 6996 kPa cm2

= 6996
kN
10-4 m2
2
m
E
EA
cb
AE
= 700 N

1.45
The hydraulic lift in an auto-repair shop has a cylinder diameter of 0.2 m. To what
pressure should the hydraulic fluid be pumped to lift 40 kg of piston/arms and 700
kg of a car?
Solution:
Force acting on the mass by the gravitational field
F = ma = mg = 740 9.80665 = 7256.9 N = 7.257 kN
Force balance:
F = ( P - P0 ) A = F
A
=> P = P0 + F / A
A = D2 (1 / 4) = 0.031416 m2
7.257 kN
P = 101 kPa +
= 332 kPa
0.031416 m2
EA
AE

1.46
A hydraulic lift has a maximum fluid pressure of 500 kPa. What should the
piston-cylinder diameter be so it can lift a mass of 850 kg?
Solution:
With the piston at rest the static force balance is
F = P A = F = mg
A = r2 = D2/4
E
PA = P D2/4 = mg
E
D2 =
4mg
P
D=2
A
mg
=2
P
EA
850 kg 9.807 m/s2

= 0.146 m
500 kPa 1000 (Pa/kPa)
A
EA

1.47
A laboratory room keeps a vacuum of 0.1 kPa. What net force does that put on the
door of size 2 m by 1 m?
Solution:
The net force on the door is the difference between the forces on the two sides as
the pressure times the area
F = Poutside A Pinside A = P A = 0.1 kPa 2 m 1 m = 200 N
Remember that kPa is kN/m2.
E
Pabs = Po - P
P = 0.1 kPa

1.48
A vertical hydraulic cylinder has a 125-mm diameter piston with hydraulic fluid
inside the cylinder and an ambient pressure of 1 bar. Assuming standard gravity,
find the piston mass that will create a pressure inside of 1500 kPa.
Solution:
Po
Force balance:
F = PA = F = P0A + mpg;
A
P0 = 1 bar = 100 kPa

A
cb
A = (/4) D2 = (/4) 0.1252 = 0.01227 m2

E
A
0.01227
mp = (P P0) g = ( 1500 100 ) 1000 9.80665 = 1752 kg
A

1.49
A 75-kg human footprint is 0.05 m2 when the human is wearing boots. Suppose
you want to walk on snow that can at most support an extra 3 kPa; what should
the total snowshoe area be?
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Force balance:
ma = 0 = PA mg
mg 75 kg 9.81 m/s2
A= P =
= 0.245 m2
3 kPa
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1.50
A piston/cylinder with cross sectional area of 0.01 m2 has a piston mass of 100 kg
resting on the stops, as shown in Fig. P1.50. With an outside atmospheric pressure
of 100 kPa, what should the water pressure be to lift the piston?
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Solution:
The force acting down on the piston comes from gravitation and the
outside atmospheric pressure acting over the top surface.
Force balance:
F = F = PA = mpg + P0A
A
Now solve for P (divide by 1000 to convert to kPa for 2nd term)
mpg
100 9.80665
P = P0 + A = 100 kPa +
kPa
0.01 1000
A
cb
= 100 kPa + 98.07 kPa = 198 kPa

Water

1.51
A large exhaust fan in a laboratory room keeps the pressure inside at 10 cm water
vacuum relative to the hallway. What is the net force on the door measuring 1.9 m
by 1.1 m?
Solution:
The net force on the door is the difference between the forces on the two sides as
F = Poutside A Pinside A = P A
= 10 cm H2O 1.9 m 1.1 m
= 0.10 9.80638 kPa 2.09 m2
= 2049 N
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Table A.1: 1 m H2O is 9.80638 kPa and kPa is kN/m2.

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1.52
A tornado rips off a 100 m2 roof with a mass of 1000 kg. What is the minimum
vacuum pressure needed to do that if we neglect the anchoring forces?
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Solution:
The net force on the roof is the difference between the forces on the two sides as
F = Pinside A PoutsideA = P A
That force must overcome the gravitation mg, so the balance is
P A = mg
P = mg/A = (1000 kg 9.807 m/s2 )/100 m2 = 98 Pa = 0.098 kPa
E
Remember that kPa is kN/m2.

E

1.53
A 5-kg cannon-ball acts as a piston in a cylinder with a diameter of 0.15 m. As the
gun-powder is burned a pressure of 7 MPa is created in the gas behind the ball.
What is the acceleration of the ball if the cylinder (cannon) is pointing
horizontally?
Solution:
The cannon ball has 101 kPa on the side facing the atmosphere.
ma = F = P1 A P0 A = (P1 P0 ) A
= (7000 101) kPa ( 0.152 /4 ) m2 = 121.9 kN
F
121.9 kN
a = m = 5 kg = 24 380 m/s2
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1.54
Repeat the previous problem for a cylinder (cannon) pointing 40 degrees up
relative to the horizontal direction.
Solution:
ma = F = ( P1 - P0 ) A - mg sin 400
ma = (7000 - 101 ) kPa ( 0.152 / 4 ) m2 - 5 9.807 0.6428 N
= 121.9 kN - 31.52 N = 121.87 kN
F
121.87 kN
a= m =
= 24 374 m/s2
5 kg
A

1.55
A 2.5 m tall steel cylinder has a cross sectional area of 1.5 m2. At the bottom with
a height of 0.5 m is liquid water on top of which is a 1 m high layer of gasoline.
This is shown in Fig. P1.55. The gasoline surface is exposed to atmospheric air at
101 kPa. What is the highest pressure in the water?
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Solution:
The pressure in the fluid goes up with the depth as
Air
P = Ptop + P = Ptop + gh
A
1m
Gasoline
and since we have two fluid layers we get

0.5 m
P = Ptop + [(h)gasoline + (h)water] g

A
Water
The densities from Table A.4 are:

gasoline = 750 kg/m3;
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water = 997 kg/m3

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9.807
P = 101 + [750 1 + 997 0.5] 1000 = 113.2 kPa
A

1.56
An underwater buoy is anchored at the seabed with a cable, and it contains a total
mass of 250 kg. What should the volume be so that the cable holds it down with a
force of 1000 N?
Solution:
We need to do a force balance on the system at rest and the combined pressure
over the buoy surface is the buoyancy (lift) equal to the weight of the displaced
water volume
ma = 0 = mH2Og mg F
= H2OVg mg F
V = (mg + F)/ H2Og = (m + F/g)/ H2O

= (250 kg + 1000 N/9.81 m/s2) / 997 kg/m3
= 0.353 m3
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1.57
At the beach, atmospheric pressure is 1025 mbar. You dive 15 m down in the
ocean and you later climb a hill up to 250 m elevation. Assume the density of
water is about 1000 kg/m3 and the density of air is 1.18 kg/m3. What pressure do
you feel at each place?
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Solution:
P = gh,
Units from A.1:
1 mbar = 100 Pa (1 bar = 100 kPa).
Pocean= P0 + P = 1025 100 Pa + 1000 kg/m3 9.81 m/s2 15 m

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= 2.4965 105 Pa = 250 kPa

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Phill = P0 - P = 1025 100 Pa - 1.18 kg/m3 9.81 m/s2 250 m

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= 0.99606 105 Pa = 99.61 kPa

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1.58
What is the pressure at the bottom of a 5 m tall column of fluid with atmospheric
pressure 101 kPa on the top surface if the fluid is
a) water at 20C
b) glycerine 25C
or
c) gasoline 25C
Solution:
Table A.4:
H2O = 997 kg/m3;
Glyc = 1260 kg/m3;
P = gh
P = Ptop + P
gasoline = 750 kg/m3

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a)
P = gh = 997 9.807 5 = 48 888 Pa

P = 101 + 48.99 = 149.9 kPa
b)
P = gh = 1260 9.807 5 = 61 784 Pa

P = 101 + 61.8 = 162.8 kPa
c)
P = gh = 750 9.807 5 = 36 776 Pa

P = 101 + 36.8 = 137.8 kPa

1.59
A steel tank of cross sectional area 3 m2 and 16 m tall weighs 10 000 kg and it is
open at the top, as shown in Fig. P1.59. We want to float it in the ocean so it
sticks 10 m straight down by pouring concrete into the bottom of it. How much
concrete should I put in?
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Solution:
The force up on the tank is from the water
pressure at the bottom times its area. The
force down is the gravitation times mass and
the atmospheric pressure.
F = PA = (oceangh + P0)A
F = (mtank + mconcrete)g + P0A
Air
Ocean
10 m
Concrete
The force balance becomes

F = F = (oceangh + P0)A = (mtank + mconcrete)g + P0A
Solve for the mass of concrete
mconcrete = (oceanhA - mtank) = 997 10 3 10 000 = 19 910 kg
Notice: The first term is the mass of the displaced ocean water. The net force
up is the weight (mg) of this mass called bouyancy, P0 cancel.

1.60
A piston, mp= 5 kg, is fitted in a cylinder, A = 15 cm2, that contains a gas. The
setup is in a centrifuge that creates an acceleration of 25 m/s2 in the direction of
piston motion towards the gas. Assuming standard atmospheric pressure outside
the cylinder, find the gas pressure.
Solution:
Force balance:
mpg
P = P0 + A
A
g
A
Po
F = F = P0A + mpg = PA
gas
5 25
kPa kg m/s2
= 101.325 +
1000 0.0015
Pa m2
A
= 184.7 kPa

1.61
Liquid water with density is filled on top of a thin piston in a cylinder with
cross-sectional area A and total height H, as shown in Fig. P1.61. Air is let in
under the piston so it pushes up, spilling the water over the edge. Derive the
formula for the air pressure as a function of piston elevation from the bottom, h.
Solution:
Force balance
Piston: F = F
P0
PA = P0A + mH Og
2
P = P0 + mH Og/A
A
H
h
P = P0 + (H h)g
P0
h, V air
Manometers and Barometers

1.62
A probe is lowered 16 m into a lake. Find the absolute pressure there?
Solution:
The pressure difference for a column is from Eq.1.2 and the density of water is
from Table A.4.
P = gH
= 997 kg/m3 9.81 m/s2 16 m
= 156 489 Pa = 156.489 kPa
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Pocean = P0 + P
= 101.325 + 156.489
= 257.8 kPa
A

1.63
The density of atmospheric air is about 1.15 kg/m3, which we assume is constant.
How large an absolute pressure will a pilot see when flying 2000 m above ground
level where the pressure is 101 kPa.
Solution:
Assume g and are constant then the pressure difference to carry a
column of height 1500 m is from Fig.2.10
P = gh = 1.15 kg/m3 9.807 ms-2 2000 m
= 22 556 Pa = 22.6 kPa
The pressure on top of the column of air is then
E
P = P0 P = 101 22.6 = 78.4 kPa

A

1.64
The standard pressure in the atmosphere with elevation (H) above sea level can be
correlated as P = P0 (1 H/L)5.26 with L = 44 300 m. With the local sea level
pressure P0 at 101 kPa, what is the pressure at 10 000 m elevation?
E
A
E
A
E
P = P0 (1 H/L)5.26
E
A
E
= 101 kPa (1 10 000/44 300)5.26

= 26.3 kPa
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1.65
A barometer to measure absolute pressure shows a mercury column height of 725
mm. The temperature is such that the density of the mercury is 13 550 kg/m3.
Find the ambient pressure.
E
Solution:
Hg : L = 725 mm = 0.725 m;
= 13 550 kg/m3
The external pressure P balances the column of height L so from Fig. 1.14
P = L g = 13 550 kg/m3 9.80665 m/s2 0.725 m 10-3 kPa/Pa
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= 96.34 kPa
This is a more common type that does

not involve mercury as an older wall
mounted unit.

1.66
A differential pressure gauge mounted on a vessel shows 1.25 MPa and a local
barometer gives atmospheric pressure as 0.96 bar. Find the absolute pressure
inside the vessel.
Solution:
Convert all pressures to units of kPa.
Pgauge = 1.25 MPa = 1250 kPa;
A
P0 = 0.96 bar = 96 kPa

A
P = Pgauge + P0 = 1250 + 96 = 1346 kPa

A

1.67
A manometer shows a pressure difference of 1 m of liquid mercury. Find P in kPa.

Solution:
Hg : L = 1 m;
= 13 580 kg/m3 from Table A.4 (or read Fig 1.8)

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The pressure difference P balances the column of height L so from Eq.1.2

P = g L = 13 580 kg/m3 9.80665 m/s2 1.0 m 10-3 kPa/Pa
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= 133.2 kPa

1.68
Blue manometer fluid of density 925 kg/m3 shows a column height difference of
3 cm vacuum with one end attached to a pipe and the other open to P0 = 101 kPa.
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What is the absolute pressure in the pipe?

Solution:
Pipe
Since the manometer shows a vacuum we have
Po
PPIPE = P0 - P
A
P = gh = 925 kg/m3 9.807 m/s2 0.03 m

= 272.1 Pa = 0.272 kPa
PPIPE = 101 0.272 = 100.73 kPa
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cb

1.69
What pressure difference does a 10 m column of atmospheric air show?
Solution:
The pressure difference for a column is from Eq.1.2
P = gH
So we need density of air from Fig. 2.8 or Table A.5, = 1.2 kg/m3
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P = 1.2 kg/m3 9.81 ms-2 10 m = 117.7 Pa = 0.12 kPa

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1.70
A barometer measures 760 mmHg at street level and 735 mmHg on top of a
building. How tall is the building if we assume air density of 1.15 kg/m3?
E
Solution:
P = gH
H = P/g =
760 735 mmHg 133.32 Pa

= 295 m
1.15 9.807 kg/m2s2 mmHg
A

1.71
The pressure gauge on an air tank shows 75 kPa when the diver is 10 m down in
the ocean. At what depth will the gauge pressure be zero? What does that mean?
Ocean H20 pressure at 10 m depth is

A
A
E
Pwater = P0 + Lg = 101.3 +
A
A
E
A
E
997 10 9.80665
= 199 kPa
1000
A
Air Pressure (absolute) in tank

Ptank = 199 + 75 = 274 kPa
A
A
E
Tank Pressure (gauge) reads zero at H20 local pressure

A
A
E
274 = 101.3 +
997 9.80665
L
1000
A
L = 17.66 m
At this depth you will have to suck the
air in, it can no longer push itself
through a valve.

1.72
An exploration submarine should be able to go 1200 m down in the ocean. If the
ocean density is 1020 kg/m3 what is the maximum pressure on the submarine
hull?
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Solution:
Assume we have atmospheric pressure inside the submarine then the pressure
difference to the outside water is
P = Lg = (1020 kg/m3 1200 m 9.807 m/s2) / (1000 Pa/kPa)
= 12 007 kPa 12 MPa
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1.73
A submarine maintains 101 kPa inside it and it dives 240 m down in the ocean
having an average density of 1030 kg/m3. What is the pressure difference between
the inside and the outside of the submarine hull?
E
Solution:
Assume the atmosphere over the ocean is at 101 kPa, then P is from the 240 m
column water.
P = Lg
= (1030 kg/m3 240 m 9.807 m/s2) / 1000 = 2424 kPa
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1.74
Assume we use a pressure gauge to measure the air pressure at street level and at
the roof of a tall building. If the pressure difference can be determined with an
accuracy of 1 mbar (0.001 bar) what uncertainty in the height estimate does that
corresponds to?
Solution:
air = 1.169 kg/m3 from Table A.5
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P = 0.001 bar = 100 Pa

L=
P
100
=
= 8.72 m
g 1.169 9.807
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As you can see that is not really accurate

enough for many purposes.

1.75
The absolute pressure in a tank is 115 kPa and the local ambient absolute pressure
is 97 kPa. If a U-tube with mercury, density 13550 kg/m3, is attached to the tank
to measure the gage pressure, what column height difference would it show?
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Solution:
P = Ptank - P0 = g H
A
H = (Ptank - P0)/g = [(115 - 97) 1000] Pa / (13550 kg/m3 9.81 m/s2)

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= 0.135 m = 13.5 cm

1.76
An absolute pressure gauge attached to a steel cylinder shows 135 kPa. We want
to attach a manometer using liquid water a day that Patm = 101 kPa. How high a
fluid level difference must we plan for?
Solution:
Since the manometer shows a pressure difference we have
P = PCYL - Patm = L g
A
(135 101) kPa

1000 Pa
-3
kPa
2
997 kg m 10 9.807 m/s
L = P / g =
A
= 3.467 m

1.77
A U-tube manometer filled with water, density 1000 kg/m3, shows a height
difference of 25 cm. What is the gauge pressure? If the right branch is tilted to
make an angle of 30 with the horizontal, as shown in Fig. P1.77, what should the
length of the column in the tilted tube be relative to the U-tube?
Solution:
Same height in the two sides in the direction of g.
P = F/A = mg/A = Vg/A = hg
= 0.25 m 1000 kg/m3 9.807m/s2
= 2452.5 Pa
= 2.45 kPa
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H
h
30o
h = H sin 30
H = h/sin 30 = 2h = 50 cm

1.78
A pipe flowing light oil has a manometer attached as shown in Fig. P1.78. What is
the absolute pressure in the pipe flow?
Solution:
Table A.3:
oil = 910 kg/m3;
water = 997 kg/m3
A
E
PBOT = P0 + water g Htot = P0 + 997 kg/m3 9.807 m/s2 0.8 m

E
A
E
= Po + 7822 Pa
A
A
E
PPIPE = PBOT water g H1 oil g H2

= PBOT 997 9.807 0.1 910 9.807 0.2
A
A
E
= PBOT 977.7 Pa
A
1784.9 Pa
PPIPE = Po + (7822 977.7 1784.9) Pa

= Po + 5059.4 Pa = 101.325 + 5.06 = 106.4 kPa
A
A
E
A
E

1.79
The difference in height between the columns of a manometer is 200 mm with a
fluid of density 900 kg/m3. What is the pressure difference? What is the height
difference if the same pressure difference is measured using mercury, density
13600 kg/ m3, as manometer fluid?
Solution:
P = 1gh1 = 900 kg/m3 9.807 m/s2 0.2 m = 1765.26 Pa = 1.77 kPa
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900
hHg = P/ (hg g) = (1 gh1) / (hg g) = 13600 0.2 m
A
= 0.0132 m = 13.2 mm

1.80
Two cylinders are filled with liquid water, = 1000 kg/m3, and connected by a
line with a closed valve, as shown in Fig. P1.80. A has 100 kg and B has 500 kg
of water, their cross-sectional areas are AA = 0.1 m2 and AB = 0.25 m2 and the
E
height h is 1 m. Find the pressure on each side of the valve. The valve is opened
and water flows to an equilibrium. Find the final pressure at the valve location.
Solution:
VA = vH OmA = mA/ = 0.1 = AAhA
2
=>
VB = vH OmB = mB/ = 0.5 = ABhB

2
=>
hA = 1 m
hB = 2 m
A
PVB = P0 + g(hB+H) = 101325 + 1000 9.81 3 = 130 755 Pa

A
PVA = P0 + ghA = 101325 + 1000 9.81 1 = 111 135 Pa

A
Equilibrium: same height over valve in both

Vtot = VA + VB = h2AA + (h2 - H)AB h2 =
A
hAAA + (hB+H)AB
AA + AB
A
= 2.43 m
PV2 = P0 + gh2 = 101.325 + (1000 9.81 2.43)/1000 = 125.2 kPa

A

1.81
Two piston/cylinder arrangements, A and B, have their gas chambers connected
by a pipe. Cross-sectional areas are AA = 75 cm2 and AB = 25 cm2 with the piston
mass in A being mA = 25 kg. Outside pressure is 100 kPa and standard
gravitation. Find the mass mB so that none of the pistons have to rest on the
bottom.
Solution:
Po
Force balance for both pistons:

A: mPAg + P0AA = PAA
A
Po
B:
mPBg + P0AB = PAB

A
cb
F = F
Same P in A and B gives no flow between them.

mPAg
mPBg
+
P
=
0
A
A + P0
A
B
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=> mPB = mPA AA/ AB = 25 25/75 = 8.33 kg

A

1.82
Two hydraulic piston/cylinders are of same size and setup as in Problem 1.81, but
with negligible piston masses. A single point force of 250 N presses down on
piston A. Find the needed extra force on piston B so that none of the pistons have
to move.
Solution:
AA = 75 cm2 ;
FA
Po
AB = 25 cm2
FB
Po
No motion in connecting pipe: PA = PB

A
B
cb
Forces on pistons balance

PA = P0 + FA / AA = PB = P0 + FB / AB
A
AB
25
FB = FA A = 250 N 75 = 83.33 N
A
A
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1.83
A piece of experimental apparatus is located where g = 9.5 m/s2 and the
temperature is 5C. An air flow inside the apparatus is determined by measuring
the pressure drop across an orifice with a mercury manometer (see Problem 1.91
for density) showing a height difference of 200 mm. What is the pressure drop in
kPa?
Solution:
P = gh ;
Hg = 13600 kg/m3
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P = 13 600 kg/m3 9.5 m/s2 0.2 m = 25840 Pa = 25.84 kPa

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Air
Energy and Temperature

1.84
An escalator brings four people, whose total mass is 300 kg, 25 m up in a
building. Explain what happens with respect to energy transfer and stored energy.
The four people (300

kg) have their potential
energy raised, which is
how the energy is
stored. The energy is
supplied as electrical
power to the motor that
pulls the escalator with a
cable.

1.85
A car moves at 75 km/h; its mass, including people, is 3200 kg. How much
kinetic energy does the car have?
75 10002
KE = m V2 = 3200 kg 3600 m2/s2
= 694 444 J/kg = 694 kJ

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1.86
A 52-kg package is lifted up to the top shelf in a storage bin that is 4 m above the
ground floor. How much increase in potential energy does the package get?
The potential energy is from Eq.1.5

pe = gz
so for a certain mass we get
PE = mgH = 52 kg 9.81 m/s2 4 m = 2040 J = 2.04 kJ
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1.87
A car of mass 1775 kg travels with a velocity of 100 km/h. Find the kinetic
energy. How high should it be lifted in the standard gravitational field to have a
potential energy that equals the kinetic energy?
Solution:
Standard kinetic energy of the mass is
100 10002
KE = m V2 = 1775 kg 3600 m2/s2
= 1775 27.778 Nm = 684 800 J

= 684.8 kJ
Standard potential energy is
POT = mgh
684 800 Nm
h = m V2 / mg =
= 39.3 m
1775 kg 9.807 m/s2
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1.88
An oxygen molecule with mass m = M mo = 32 1.66 10-27 kg moves with a
velocity of 240 m/s. What is the kinetic energy of the molecule? What
temperature does that corresponds to if it has to equal (3/2) kT where k is
Boltzmans constant and T is the absolute temperature in Kelvin.
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A
KE = m V2 = 32 1.66 10-27 kg 2402 m2/s2

= 1.53 E21 J
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So if the KE equals 1.5 kT then we get

KE = 1.5 kT = 1.5 1.38065 10-23 J/K T
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T = (2/3) KE/k = (2/3) 1.53 E21 / 1.38065 10-23 = 73.9 K

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1.89
What is a temperature of 5oC in degrees Kelvin?
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Solution:
The offset from Celsius to Kelvin is 273.15 K,

so we get
TK = TC + 273.15 = 5 + 273.15
= 268.15 K

1.90
The human comfort zone is between 18 and 24oC, what is the range in Kelvin? What
is the maximum relative change from the low to the high temperature?
E
Solution:
TK = TC + 273.15
The range in K becomes from 291.15 to 297.15 K.
The relative change is 6 degrees up from 291.15 K which is
6
Relative change % = 291.15 100 = 2.06%
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1.91
The density of mercury changes approximately linearly with temperature as
Hg = 13595 2.5 T kg/ m3
T in Celsius
so the same pressure difference will result in a manometer reading that is

influenced by temperature. If a pressure difference of 100 kPa is measured in the
summer at 35C and in the winter at 15C, what is the difference in column
height between the two measurements?
Solution:
The manometer reading h relates to the pressure difference as
P
P = L g L =
g
A
The manometer fluid density from the given formula gives

su = 13595 2.5 35 = 13507.5 kg/m3
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w = 13595 2.5 (15) = 13632.5 kg/m3

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The two different heights that we will measure become

100 103
kPa (Pa/kPa)
Lsu =
= 0.7549 m
13507.5 9.807 (kg/m3) m/s2
100 103
kPa (Pa/kPa)
Lw =
= 0.7480 m
13632.5 9.807 (kg/m3) m/s2
A
L = Lsu - Lw = 0.0069 m = 6.9 mm

A

1.92
A mercury thermometer measures temperature by measuring the volume
expansion of a fixed mass of liquid Hg due to a change in the density, see
problem 1.91. Find the relative change (%) in volume for a change in temperature
from 10C to 20C.
Solution:
From 10C to 20C
At 10C :
Hg = 13595 2.5 10 = 13570 kg/m3
At 20C :
Hg = 13595 2.5 20 = 13545 kg/m3
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The volume from the mass and density is:
V = m/
V20 V10
(m/20) - (m/10)
=
V10
m/10
10
13570
=
1 = 13545 1 = 0.0018 (0.18%)
20
Relative Change =

1.93
Density of liquid water is = 1008 T/2 [kg/m3] with T in oC. If the temperature
increases 10oC how much deeper does a 1 m layer of water become?
E
Solution:
The density change for a change in temperature of 10oC becomes
E
= T/2 = 5 kg/m3
from an ambient density of
= 1008 T/2 = 1008 25/2 = 995.5 kg/m3
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Assume the area is the same and the mass is the same m = V = AH, then we
have
m = 0 = V + V V = - V/
and the change in the height is

V HV -H -1 (-5)
H = A = V =
= 995.5 = 0.005 m
barely measurable.

1.94
Using the freezing and boiling point temperatures for water in both Celsius and
Fahrenheit scales, develop a conversion formula between the scales. Find the
conversion formula between Kelvin and Rankine temperature scales.
Solution:
TFreezing = 0 oC = 32 F;
TBoiling = 100 oC = 212 F
T = 100 oC = 180 F ToC = (TF - 32)/1.8 or TF = 1.8 ToC + 32
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For the absolute K & R scales both are zero at absolute zero.
TR = 1.8 TK
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1.95
The atmosphere becomes colder at higher elevation. As an average the standard
atmospheric absolute temperature can be expressed as Tatm = 288 - 6.5 103 z,
where z is the elevation in meters. How cold is it outside an airplane cruising at 12
000 m expressed in Kelvin and in Celsius?
E
Solution:
For an elevation of z = 12 000 m we get
Tatm = 288 - 6.5 103 z = 210 K
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To express that in degrees Celsius we get

T = T 273.15 = 63.15oC
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C
A
Review Problems

1.96
Repeat problem 1.83 if the flow inside the apparatus is liquid water, 1000
kg/m3, instead of air. Find the pressure difference between the two holes flush
with the bottom of the channel. You cannot neglect the two unequal water
columns.
Solution:
Balance forces in the manometer:

P2
P1
.
H
h1
(H - h2) - (H - h1) = hHg = h1 - h2

h2
P1A + H Oh1gA + Hg(H - h1)gA

2
= P2A + H Oh2gA + Hg(H - h2)gA
A
P1 - P2 = H O(h2 - h1)g + Hg(h1 - h2)g

2
A
P1 - P2 = HghHgg - H OhHgg = 13 600 0.2 9.5 - 1000 0.2 9.5

2
A
= 25 840 - 1900 = 23940 Pa = 23.94 kPa

1.97
A dam retains a lake 6 m deep. To construct a gate in the dam we need to know
the net horizontal force on a 5 m wide and 6 m tall port section that then replaces
a 5 m section of the dam. Find the net horizontal force from the water on one side
and air on the other side of the port.
Solution:
Pbot = P0 + P
A
P = gh = 997 9.807 6 = 58 665 Pa = 58.66 kPa

Neglect P in air
Fnet = Fright Fleft = Pavg A - P0A
A
Pavg = P0 + 0.5 P
A
Since a linear pressure variation with depth.
Fnet = (P0 + 0.5 P)A - P0A = 0.5 P A = 0.5 58.66 5 6 = 880 kN

A
Fleft
Fright

1.98
In the city water tower, water is pumped up to a level 25 m above ground in a
pressurized tank with air at 125 kPa over the water surface. This is illustrated in
Fig. P1.98. Assuming the water density is 1000 kg/m3 and standard gravity, find
the pressure required to pump more water in at ground level.
Solution:
P = L g
= 1000 kg/m3 25 m 9.807 m/s2
= 245 175 Pa = 245.2 kPa
E
Pbottom = Ptop + P
= 125 + 245.2
= 370 kPa
A
cb

1.99
The main waterline into a tall building has a pressure of 600 kPa at 5 m elevation
below ground level. How much extra pressure does a pump need to add to ensure
a water line pressure of 200 kPa at the top floor 150 m above ground?
Solution:
The pump exit pressure must balance the top pressure plus the column
P. The pump inlet pressure provides part of the absolute pressure.
Pafter pump = Ptop + P
P = gh = 997 kg/m3 9.807 m/s2 (150 + 5) m
= 1 515 525 Pa = 1516 kPa
Pafter pump = 200 + 1516 = 1716 kPa
E
Ppump = 1716 600 = 1116 kPa

1.100
Two cylinders are connected by a piston as shown in Fig. P1.100. Cylinder A is
used as a hydraulic lift and pumped up to 500 kPa. The piston mass is 25 kg and
there is standard gravity. What is the gas pressure in cylinder B?
Solution:
Force balance for the piston:
PBAB + mpg + P0(AA - AB) = PAAA
AA = (/4)0.12 = 0.00785 m2;

E
AB = (/4)0.0252 = 0.000 491 m2
PBAB = PAAA - mpg - P0(AA - AB) = 500 0.00785 - (25 9.807/1000)

- 100 (0.00785 - 0.000 491) = 2.944 kN
PB = 2.944/0.000 491 = 5996 kPa = 6.0 MPa
B
GAS
Po
cb
Oil

1.101
A 5-kg piston in a cylinder with diameter of 100 mm is loaded with a linear spring
and the outside atmospheric pressure of 100 kPa as shown in Fig. P1.101. The
spring exerts no force on the piston when it is at the bottom of the cylinder and for
the state shown, the pressure is 400 kPa with volume 0.4 L. The valve is opened
to let some air in, causing the piston to rise 2 cm. Find the new pressure.
Solution:
A linear spring has a force linear proportional to displacement. F = k x, so
the equilibrium pressure then varies linearly with volume: P = a + bV, with an
intersect a and a slope b = dP/dV. Look at the balancing pressure at zero volume
(V -> 0) when there is no spring force F = PA = PoA + mpg and the initial state.
These two points determine the straight line shown in the P-V diagram.
Piston area = AP = (/4) 0.12 = 0.00785 m2
A
mpg
5 9.80665
a = P0 + A = 100 kPa + 0.00785 Pa
p
= 106.2 kPa intersect for zero volume.
P2
400
V2 = 0.4 + 0.00785 20 = 0.557 L

A
106.2
dP
P2 = P1 + dV V
A
(400-106.2)
= 400 + 0.4 - 0 (0.557 - 0.4)
= 515.3 kPa
A
0.4 0.557

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Separate the list P, F, V, v, , T, a, m, L, t, and V into intensive, extensive, and nonproperties.

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Liquid drops falling

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m = V = 1000 kg/m3 1 m3 = 1000 kg

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So they feel exactly the same pressure.

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Table A.2: MO2 = 31.999 ; MN2 = 28.013

nO2 = mO2 / MO2 = 31.999 = 0.15625 kmol

ntot = nO2 + nN2 = 0.15625 + 0.24988 = 0.40613 kmol

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Density of water in Table A.4: = 997 kg/m3

m = V = 997 kg/m3 0.004 m3 = 3.988 kg

m = msteel + mwater = 4 + 3.988 = 7.988 kg

V = Vsteel + Vwater = 0.000 512 + 0.004

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F = mg = 2 kg 9.80665 m/s2 = 19.613 N

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