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This document contains 13 physics problems related to building physics and thermodynamics. The problems involve converting between different temperature scales (Fahrenheit, Celsius, Kelvin), calculating heat transfer rates, determining gas and air pressures under various conditions, and analyzing piston and vacuum systems. The document provides diagrams and relevant data to help solve each multi-step problem.

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Assignment No 1 2020

This document contains 13 physics problems related to building physics and thermodynamics. The problems involve converting between different temperature scales (Fahrenheit, Celsius, Kelvin), calculating heat transfer rates, determining gas and air pressures under various conditions, and analyzing piston and vacuum systems. The document provides diagrams and relevant data to help solve each multi-step problem.

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Building Physics
ASSIGNMENT NO 1

1. The temperature in bright sunshine in a desert at mid-day is said to be 80°F in winter and 80°C in
summer. What are these values in oC and °F respectively?
2. A new scale A of temperature is deviced in such a way that the freezing point of ice is 2000A and
boiling point is 5000A. What is the temperature reading on this new scale when the temperature is
3020F?
3. A new scale N of temperature is devised in such a way that the freezing point of ice is 1000N and
boiling point is 4000N. What is the temperature reading on this new scale when the temperature is
1500C? At what temperature, both the Celsius and new temperature scale reading would be the
same?
4. Calculate the temperature of a fluid when both a Fahrenheit and a Celsius thermometer immersed in
it, under the following conditions: (a) the numerical reading is identical in both thermometers and
(b) the Fahrenheit reading is numerically twice that of the Celsius reading.
5. Humans are most comfortable when the temperature is between 65°F and 75°F. Express these
temperature limits in °C. Convert the size of this temperature range (10°F) to K, °C, and R. Is there
any difference in the size of this range as measured in relative or absolute units?
6. Hyperthermia of 5°C (i.e., 5°C rise above the normal body temperature) is considered fatal. Express
this fatal level of hyperthermia in (a) K and (b) °F.
7. A house is losing heat at a rate of 4500 kJ/h per °C temperature difference between the indoor and
the outdoor temperatures. Express the rate of heat loss from this house per (a) K and (b) °F
difference between the indoor and the outdoor temperature.
8. Month-wise average High/Low temperature of Kathmandu is given below.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
High °C 17 19 24 28 29 29 27 27 27 25 22 18
Low °C 2 4 8 12 15 17 18 18 17 14 9 4
Present the same table in 0F and K. Also calculate average high temperature and average low
temperature in 0C, 0F and K.

9. A piston cylinder arrangement shown in Figure P1.7 has a cross sectional area of 0.01 m2 and a
piston mass of 80 kg. If atmospheric pressure is 100 kPa, what should be the gas pressure to lift the
piston? [Take g=9.81 m/s2]
10. For the piston cylinder device shown in Figure P1.8,
determine the absolute pressure inside the device.
[Take P_atm=101.3 kPa]

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11. Figure P1.11 shows a tank within a tank, each containing air. Pressure gage A is located inside the
tank B and reads 140 kPa. The U-tube manometer connected to tank B contains mercury. Using data
on the diagram, determine the absolute pressures inside the tank A and tank B.

Figure P.11 Figure P.12

12. A large chamber is separated into two compartments which are maintained different pressures, as
shown Figure P1.12. Pressure gauge A reads 180 kPa, and pressure gauge B reads 120 kPa. If the
barometric pressure is 100 kPa, determine the absolute pressure existing in the compartments and the
reading of gauge C.
13. Vacuum gage indicates that the pressure of air in a closed chamber is 0.2 bar (vacuum). The pressure
of the surrounding atmosphere is equivalent to a 750-mm column of mercury. The density of
mercury is 13.59 g/cm3, and the acceleration of gravity is 9.81 m/s2. Determine the absolute pressure
within the chamber, in bar.
Pabs = Patm – Pvac.

Figure P1.7

MSEEB: Building Physics 2020 Assignment 1

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