Iloilo Science and Technology University
College of Engineering and Architecture
La Paz, Iloilo City
Assignment (ME 211-Thermodynamics)
Instructions: Answer the following problems. Write your complete solutions clearly on a piece of paper (Long
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4. A diver swims to a depth of 3.4 m in a freshwater
TEMPERATURE lake. What is the increase in the force pushing in
on her eardrum, compared to what it was at the
1. A worker has a fever and her body
temperature is 40°C. What is her temperature
lake surface? The area of the eardrum is 0.60 cm2.
in oF? Answer in newton.
2. On a warm summer day, the air temperature 5. A submarine is constructed so that it can
is 85°F. Express this temperature in kelvins. safely withstand a pressure of 1.2 × 10 7 Pa.
How deep may this submarine descend in
3. A room air conditioner causes a the ocean if the average density of
temperature change of −5.2°C. What is the seawater is 1026 kg/m3?
temperature change in Kelvin?
6. A woman’s systolic blood pressure
o
4. Water enters an electric heater at 30 C and when resting is 160 mm Hg. What is this
leaves a t 38oC. What is the change in pressure in lb/in2?
temperature in oF?
7. The gauge pressure of the air in an
5. The temperature of a furnace is estimated to automobile tire is 30 lb/ft2 . Convert this to
be around 4500 oR. Express this temperature torr.
in oC.
8. An IV is connected to a patient’s vein. The
6. On a day when the temperature reaches blood pressure in the vein has a gauge
41oC, what is the temperature in Kelvin? pressure of 12 mm Hg. At least how far above
the vein must the IV bag be hung in order for
7. A nurse measures the temperature of a fluid to flow into the vein? Assume the fluid in
the IV has the same density as blood. Answer
patient to be 41oC. What is this temperature
on the Fahrenheit scale? in ft.
9. A condenser vacuum gage reads 706 mm
8. The temperature difference between the
Hg when the barometer stands at 755 mm
inside and the outside of a home on a cold
Hg. State the absolute pressure in the
winter day is 54.0 oF. Express this difference
condenser in bars
on the Kelvin scale.
10. Express a pressure of 25 mm water in mm Hg.
9. Liquid nitrogen has a boiling point of –195.8
o
C at atmospheric pressure. Express this
temperature in degrees Fahrenheit.
Weight, Mass, Density, Weight Density,Specific
10. The boiling point of liquid hydrogen is 20.3 Volume and Specific Gravity
K at atmospheric pressure. What is this
temperature on the Fahrenheit scale? 1. A man has a mass of 78 kg on Earth. What ishis
weight in Newtons?
PRESSURE
2. Teacher John weighs 188 pounds. What is his
1. A gauge indicates 12 kPa as the fluid mass in slug?
pressure while the outside pressure is 110
kPa. Determine the absolute pressure of the 3. A woman has a mass of 56 kg on Earth. What is
fluid in kPa. the woman’s mass on a planet whosegravity is 4
m/s2?
2. A vacuum gauge attached on a steam
condenser indicates 65 kPa vacuum. The
barometer indicates 1.013 bar. Determine the 4. An object weighs 52 pounds on earth. What
absolute pressure inside the condenser in would be the object’s weight on the moon where
kPa. the acceleration due to gravity is 1.67 m/s2?
Answerin pound force.
3. What is the water pressure on the bottom of
the sea at a depth of 3600 m? The specific 5. A lubricating oil has a specific gravity of 0.92.
gravity of sea water is assumed to be 1.03.
Calculate its density in kg/m3.
6. A board measures 2" x 6" x 5'. It weighs 15 lbs
and 4 oz. Determine its weight density in lb/ft3.
7. A cylinder of plastic is 100 mm long, and 50 mm
in diameter. It has a mass of 1 kg. Determine its
specific gravity.
8. What volume will 150 g of mercury occupy?
Density of mercury is 13.6 g/cm3.
9. A casting of an alloy in the form of a disk
weighed 74 g. The disk was 0.125 inch thick and
hada circular cross section of diameter 1.75 in.
What is the density of the alloy in g/cm3?
10. A vessel of volume 50 liters is filled with 2 kgof
liquid water and 120 liters of steam with a
specific volume of 0.02 m3/kg. Determine the
density of the system (liquid water + steam).
Answer in kg/m3.
Conservation of Mass
1. The heart pumps blood into the aorta, whichhas
an inner radius of 1.0 cm. The aorta feeds 32
major arteries. If blood in the aorta travels at a
speed of 25 cm/s, at approximately what
average speed does it travel in the arteries?
Assume that blood can be treated as an ideal
fluid and that thearteries each have an inner
radius of 0.20 cm
2. A garden hose fills a 25-L wastebasket in 120 s.
The opening at the end of the hose has a radius
of 1.00 cm. How fast is the water travelling as it
leavesthe hose?
3. Water enters a large pipe having a cross
sectional area of 10 cm2 with a velocity of 1.2
m/s. A smaller pipe having a cross sectional area
of 6 cm2is connected to a large pipe. What is the
velocity of water leaving the smaller pipe?
4. One cubic meter per second of air enters a
rectangular air duct measuring 200 mm by 150
mmwith a density of 1.2 kg/m3. It leaves
through another air duct measuring 175 mm by
125 mm with a density of 1.18 kg/m3. Calculate
the volumeflow rate of leaving air in m3/s
5. A garden hose of inner radius 1.0 cm carries
water at 2.0 m/s. The nozzle at the end has
radius 0.20 cm. How fast does the water travel
through thenozzle?
