Two heat engines operate in series between hot reservoir at 527°c and cold reservoir at 17°c. if both of the engines have the same efficiency and if the first engine rejects heat at about 400kj/kg to the second engine, determine: a) temperature where heat is supplied to the second engine b) heat taken from the hot reservoir. c) work done.

If you were designing a bumper for a car, would you prefer it to exhibit elastic or plastic deformation? why? consider the functions of a bumper in both a minor "fender-bender" and a major collision.

Air is to be cooled in the evaporator section of a refrigerator by passing it over a bank of 0.8-cm-outer-diameter and 0.4-m-long tubes inside which the refrigerant is evaporating at -20°c. air approaches the tube bank in the normal direction at 0°c and 1 atm with a mean velocity of 4 m/s. the tubes are arranged in-line with longitudinal and transverse pitches of sl- st 1.5 cm. there are 30 rows in the flow direction with 15 tubes in each row. determine (a) the refrigeration capacity of this system and (b) pressure drop across the tube bank. evaluate the air properties at an assumed mean temperature of -5°c and 1 atm. is this a good assumption?

Ahelical coil spring has a mean diameter of 50 mm, a wire diameter of 5.5 mm and is wound with a pitch of 10 mm. the spring steel has an ultimate strength of 1250 mpa. find the force needed to compress the spring solid and the wire stress in this condition. state whether the spring will return to its initial length.