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When an emergency vehicle approaches you from in front or behind you, what should you do?

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lilavasa [31]3 years ago

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Answer:

Pull over to the edge of the roadway, clear of intersections, and stop.

Remain there until the emergency vehicle has passed. ...

Keep a foot on the brake so the brake lights let emergency vehicle drivers know you have stopped.

Explanation:

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Answer:

0.024 m = 24.07 mm

Explanation:

1) Notation

$\sigma_c$ = tensile stress = 200 Mpa

$K$ = plane strain fracture toughness= 55 Mpa $\sqrt{m}$

$\lambda$ = length of a surface crack (Variable of interest)

2) Definition and Formulas

The Tensile strength is the ability of a material to withstand a pulling force. It is customarily measured in units (F/A), like the pressure. Is an important concept in engineering, especially in the fields of materials and structural engineering.

By definition we have the following formula for the tensile stress:

$\sigma_c=\frac{K}{Y\sqrt{\pi\lambda}}$ (1)

We are interested on the minimum length of a surface that will lead to a fracture, so we need to solve for $\lambda$

Multiplying both sides of equation (1) by $Y\sqrt{\pi\lambda}$

$\sigma_c Y\sqrt{\pi\lambda}=K$ (2)

Sequaring both sides of equation (2):

$(\sigma_c Y\sqrt{\pi\lambda})^2=(K)^2$

$\sigma^2_c Y^2 \pi\lambda=K^2$ (3)

Dividing both sides by $\sigma^2_c Y^2 \pi$ we got:

$\lambda=\frac{1}{\pi}[\frac{K}{Y\sigma_c}]^2$ (4)

Replacing the values into equation (4) we got:

$\lambda=\frac{1}{\pi}[\frac{55 Mpa\sqrt{m}}{1.0(200Mpa)}]^2 =0.02407m$

3) Final solution

So the minimum length of a surface crack that will lead to fracture, would be 24.07 mm or more.

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A fire hose nozzle has a diameter of 1.125 in. According to some fire codes, the nozzle must be capable of delivering at least 2

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Answer:

$P_{1} = 403,708\,kPa\,(58.553\,psi)$

Explanation:

Let assume that changes in gravitational potential energy can be neglected. The fire hose nozzle is modelled by the Bernoulli's Principle:

$\frac{P_{1}}{\rho\cdot g} = \frac{P_{2}}{\rho \cdot g} + \frac{v^{2}}{2\cdot g}$

The initial pressure is:

$P_{1} = P_{2}+ \frac{1}{2}\cdot \rho v^{2}$

The speed at outlet is:

$v=\frac{\dot Q}{\frac{\pi}{4}\cdot D^{2}}$

$v=\frac{(250\,\frac{gal}{min} )\cdot (\frac{3.785\times 10^{-3}\,m^{3}}{1\,gal} )\cdot(\frac{1\,min}{60\,s} )}{\frac{\pi}{4}\cdot [(1.125\,in)\cdot(\frac{0.0254\,m}{1\,in} )]^{2} }$

$v\approx 24.592\,\frac{m}{s}\,(80.682\,\frac{ft}{s} )$

The initial pressure is:

$P_{1} = 101.325\times 10^{3}\,Pa+\frac{1}{2}\cdot (1000\,\frac{kg}{m^{3}} )\cdot (24.592\,\frac{m}{s} )^{2}$

$P_{1} = 403,708\,kPa\,(58.553\,psi)$

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6.28 A six-lane freeway (three lanes in each direction) in rolling terrain has 10-ft lanes and obstructions 4 ft from the right

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Answer:

Assume Base free flow speed (BFFS) = 70 mph

Lane width = 10 ft

Reduction in speed corresponding to lane width, fLW = 6.6 mph

Lateral Clearance = 4 ft

Reduction in speed corresponding to lateral clearance, fLC = 0.8 mph

Interchanges/Ramps = 9/ 6 miles = 1.5 /mile

Reduction in speed corresponding to Interchanges/ramps, fID = 5 mph

No. of lanes = 3

Reduction in speed corresponding to number of lanes, fN = 3 mph

Free Flow Speed (FFS) = BFFS – fLW – fLC – fN – fID = 70 – 6.6 – 0.8 – 3 – 5 = 54.6 mph

Peak Flow, V = 2000 veh/hr

Peak 15-min flow = 600 veh

Peak-hour factor = 2000/ (4*600) = 0.83

Trucks and Buses = 12 %

RVs = 6 %

Rolling Terrain

fHV = 1/ (1 + 0.12 (2.5-1) + 0.06 (2.0-1)) = 1/1.24 = 0.806

fP = 1.0

Peak Flow Rate, Vp = V / (PHV*n*fHV*fP) = 2000/ (0.83*3*0.806*1.0) = 996.54 ~ 997 veh/hr/ln

Vp < (3400 – 30 FFS)

S = FFS

S = 54.6 mph

Density = Vp/S = (997) / (54.6) = 18.26 veh/mi/ln

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Saturated liquid-vapor mixture of water, called wet steam, in a steam line at 1500 kPa is throttled to 50 kPa and 100°C. What is

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Answer:

$x = 0.944$

Explanation:

Steam at outlet is an superheated steam, since $T > T_{sat}$ . From steam tables, the specific enthalpy is:

$h_{out}=2682.4\,\frac{kJ}{kg}$

The throttle valve is modelled after the First Law of Thermodynamics:

$h_{in} = h_{out}$

Hence, specific enthalpy at inlet is:

$h_{in}=2682.4\,\frac{kJ}{kg}$

The quality in the steam line is:

$x = \frac{2682.4\,\frac{kJ}{kg}-844.55\,\frac{kJ}{kg}}{2791.0\,\frac{kJ}{kg} - 844.55\,\frac{kJ}{kg} }$

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Water is the working fluid in an ideal Rankine cycle. The condenser pressure is 8 kPa, and saturated vapor enters the turbine at

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Explanation:

The obtained data from water properties tables are:

Point 1 (condenser exit) @ 8 KPa, saturated fluid

$h_{f} = 173.358 \\h_{fg} = 2402.522$

Point 2 (Pump exit) @ 18 MPa, saturated fluid & @ 4 MPa, saturated fluid

$h_{2a} = 489.752\\h_{2b} = 313.2$

Point 3 (Boiler exit) @ 18 MPa, saturated steam & @ 4 MPa, saturated steam

$h_{3a} = 2701.26 \\s_{3a} = 7.1656\\h_{3b} = 2634.14\\s_{3b} = 7.6876$

Point 4 (Turbine exit) @ 8 KPa, mixed fluid

$x_{a} = 0.8608\\h_{4a} = 2241.448938\\x_{b} = 0.9291\\h_{4b} = 2405.54119$

Calculate mass flow rates

Part a) @ 18 MPa

mass flow

$\frac{100*10^6 }{w_{T} - w_{P}} = \frac{100*10^3 }{(h_{3a} - h_{4a}) - (h_{2a} - h_{f})}\\\\= \frac{100*10^ 3}{(2701.26 - 2241.448938 ) - (489.752 - 173.358)}\\\\= 697.2671076 \frac{kg}{s} = 2510161.587 \frac{kg}{hr}$

Heat transfer rate through boiler

$Q_{in} = mass flow * (h_{3a} - h_{2a})\\Q_{in} = (697.2671076)*(2701.26-489.752)\\\\Q_{in} = 1542011.787 W$

Heat transfer rate through condenser

$Q_{out} = mass flow * (h_{4a} - h_{f})\\Q_{out} = (697.2671076)*(2241.448938-173.358)\\\\Q_{out} = 1442011.787 W$

Thermal Efficiency

$n = \frac{W_{net} }{Q_{in} } = \frac{100*10^3}{1542011.787} \\\\n = 0.06485$

Part b) @ 4 MPa

mass flow

$\frac{100*10^6 }{w_{T} - w_{P}} = \frac{100*10^3 }{(h_{3b} - h_{4b}) - (h_{2b} - h_{f})}\\\\= \frac{100*10^ 3}{(2634.14 - 2405.54119 ) - (313.12 - 173.358)}\\\\= 1125 \frac{kg}{s} = 4052374.235 \frac{kg}{hr}$

Heat transfer rate through boiler

$Q_{in} = mass flow * (h_{3b} - h_{2b})\\Q_{in} = (1125.65951)*(2634.14-313.12)\\\\Q_{in} = 2612678.236 W$

Heat transfer rate through condenser

$Q_{out} = mass flow * (h_{4b} - h_{f})\\Q_{out} = (1125)*(2405.54119-173.358)\\\\Q_{out} = 2511206.089 W$

Thermal Efficiency

$n = \frac{W_{net} }{Q_{in} } = \frac{100*10^3}{1542011.787} \\\\n = 0.038275$

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