(a) At a certain location, wind is blowing steadily at 10 m/s. Determine the mechanical energy of air per unit mass and the power generation potential of a wind turbine with 60-m-diameter blades at that location. Take the air density to be 1.25 kg/m3. (b) Consider an alcohol and a mercury thermometer that read exactly 0°C at the ice point and 100°C at the steam point. The distance between the two points is divided into 100 equal parts in both thermometers. Do you think these thermometers will give exactly the same reading at a temperature of, say, 60°C? Explain. (c) Determine the work required to deflect a linear spring with a spring constant of 70 kN/m by 20 cm from its rest position.
QUESTION FIVE
(a) At a certain location, wind is blowing steadily at 10 m/s. Determine the
(b) Consider an alcohol and a mercury thermometer that read exactly 0°C at the ice point and 100°C at the steam point. The distance between the two points is divided into 100 equal parts in both thermometers. Do you think these thermometers will give exactly the same reading at a temperature of, say, 60°C? Explain.
(c) Determine the work required to deflect a linear spring with a spring constant of 70 kN/m by 20 cm from its rest position.
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