TEG International College

BTEC Higher National Diploma

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Mechanical Principles and Applications

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1. Fluid Mechanics

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Determine the hydrostatic pressure and thrust on immersed surfaces Determine the centre of pressure on immersed surfaces Determine the density of immersed bodies Design characteristics of a gradually tapering pipe

Determine the heat transfer parameters Determine the heat transfer principles Investigate Boyle's law, Charles law, General gas equation and Characteristic gas equation

2. Thermodynamics

Determine the process parameters

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Issue Date: 01/04/2012

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Deadline: 31/05/2012
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Section A

1.

A mercury barometer gives a pressure head of 758 mm. The density is 13600 kg/m3. Calculate the atmospheric pressure in bar.

2.

A manometer is used to measure the pressure of gas in a container. One side is connected to the container and the other side is open to the atmosphere. The manometer contains water of density 1000 kg/m 3 and the head is 250 mm. Calculate the gauge pressure of the gas in the container.

3.

Calculate the pressure and force on a horizontal submarine hatch 1.2 m diameter when it is at a depth of 800 m in seawater of density 1030 kg/m 3

4.

A density flask has an engraved volume of 50.01 ml. When filled with a liquid it's weighed mass increases by 44.2 g. What is the density in kg/m 3 ?

5.

A solid cylinder 50 mm diameter and 400 mm long floats in a liquid to a depth of 300 mm. Given the density of the liquid is 1000 kg/m 3 , calculate the mass and density of the material in the cylinder.

6.

A boat has a displacement volume of 5.2 m

when floating in fresh water.

Calculate its mass and its displacement volume when floating in sea water. The density of fresh water and sea water are 1000 and 1036 kg/m respectively. What happens to the depth at which it floats?
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A vertical retaining wall contains water to a depth of 20 metres. Calculate the turning moment about the bottom for a unit width. Take the density as 1000 kg/m 3 .

8.

A vertical wall separates seawater on one side from fresh water on the other side. The seawater is 3.5 m deep and has a density of 1030 kg/m fresh water is 2 m deep and has a density of 1000 kg/m
3 3

. The

. Calculate the

turning moment produced about the bottom for a unit width.

9.

A rectangular sluice gate in a dam wall is pivoted at the top as shown. Calculate the force F required to keep the gate closed and the reaction force in the hinge. The gate is 1 m wide and the water has a density of 1010 kg/m 3 .

10. Water flows in a pipe at a rate of 0.025 m

/s. The pipe bore is 60 mm

diameter. Calculate the mean velocity and mass flow rate. Take the density as 1000 kg/m 3 .

11. A duct has a cross sectional area of 0.08 m 2 and carries liquid at a velocity of 0.5 m/s. The duct reduces to a cross sectional area of 0.02 m Calculate the volumetric flow rate and the velocity in the smaller section.
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Section B

1.

Calculate the energy needed to heat up 2 kg of copper from 100oC to 250oC. The specific heat capacity is 386 J/kg K.

2.

Calculate the change in internal energy when 30 kg of water is heated from 20oC to 80oC. Take c = 4186 J/kg K.

3.

5 kg of lead at 20oC is heated up to its melting point of 600oC and then just exactly melted. Calculate the energy needed. The specific heat capacity of solid lead is 126 J/kg K and the latent energy of fusion ui is 26 kJ/kg.

4.

A boiler heats high pressure water from 80o C to 152o C and then evaporates it without raising the temperature. The specific heat capacity is 4.86 kJ/kg K and the latent heat u fg is 1923 kJ/kg. Calculate the change in internal energy of 1 kg.

5.

A brass bar is 600 mm long and 100 mm diameter. It is heated from 20 o C to 55 o C. Calculate the change in length. is 18 x 10 -6 per o C. If the bar is prevented from expanding, what would be the stress and force induced in it given that E = 100 GPa

6.

A steel ring is 50 mm diameter and 2 mm thick. It must be fitted onto a shaft 50.04 mm diameter. Calculate the temperature to which it must be heated in order to fit on the shaft. The initial temperature is 20 o C and the coefficient of linear expansion is 15 x 10 -6 per o C. Calculate the stress and force induced in the ring.

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A stub shaft 85.2 mm diameter must be shrunk to 85 mm diameter in order to insert it into a housing. By how much must the temperature be reduced? Take the coefficient of linear expansion is 12 x 10 -6 per
o

C.

8.

Copper sheet covers a wall and has an area of 20 m 2 at 15 o C. What is the change in area when it is heated to 80 o C? = 34 x 10 -6 per o C

9.

Air in a vessel has a pressure of 25 bar, volume 0.2 m3 and temperature 20oC. It is connected to another empty vessel so that the volume increases to 0.5 m3 but the temperature stays the same. Taking R = 287 J/kg K. Calculate i. the final pressure. ii. the final density.

10. 1 dm3 of air at 20oC is heated at constant pressure of 300 kPa until the volume is doubled. Calculate i. the final temperature. ii. the mass.

11. Air is heated from 20oC and 400 kPa in a fixed volume of 1 m3. The final pressure is 900 kPa. Calculate i. the final temperature. ii. the mass.

12. 1.2 dm3 of gas is compressed from 1 bar and 20oC to 7 bar and 90oC. Taking R = 287 J/kg K calculate i. the new volume. ii. the mass.

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