The ceiling of a single-family dwelling in a cold climate should have an R-value of 49 ft2 ·F°·h/Btu. To give such insulation, how thick would a layer of (a) polyurethane foam and (b) silver have to be? The thermal conductivity of polyurethane foam is 0.024 W/m·K, and the thermal conductivity of silver is 428 W/m·K.

Keneila is attempting to ski down a 20 m high friction free hill for the first time. she has a speed 10 m/s at the top. what is her kinetic energy when she is a the bottom, 20 m ? (a)2500 j (b)9800 j (c)12300 j (d)3100j (e)15000j

Clothing made of several thin layers of fabric with trapped air in between, often called ski clothing, is commonly used in cold climates because it is light, fashionable, and a very effective thermal insulator. so it is no surprise that such clothing has largely replaced thickand heavy old-fashioned coats. (a) consider a jacket made of five layers of 0.1-mm-thick synthetic fabric (k = 0.13 w/m·°c) with 1.5-mm-thick air space (k = 0.026 w/m·°c) between the layers. assuming the inner surface temperature of the jacket to be 28°c and the surface area to be 1.25 m2, determine the rate of heat loss through the jacket when the temperature of the outdoors is 0°c and the heat transfer coefficient at the outer surface is 25 w/m2·°c. (b) what would your response be if the jacket is made of a single layer of 0.5-mm-thick synthetic fabric? what should be the thickness of a wool fabric (k = 0.035 w/m·°c) if the person is to achieve the same level of thermal comfort wearing a thick wool coat instead of a five-layer ski jacket?

Within a pendulum, as potential energy decreases, energy increases. a. heat b. kinetic c. frictional d. gravitational