An instrument that can detect the presence of an electric charge is a a. magnet. b. electroscope. c. generator. d. conductor.

Determine the critical height h of the water level that causes the concrete gravity dam to be on the verge of tipping over due to water pressure. the density of concrete is ρc = 2.40 mg/m3. suppose that hd = 38 m. hint: work the problem using a 1-m width of the dam.

If vx = 7.00 units and vy = -7.60 units, determine the magnitude of v⃗ . determine the direction of v⃗ .

As part of an industrial process, air as an ideal gas at 10 bar, 400k expands at steady state through a valve to a pressure of 4 bar. the mass flow rate of air is 0.5 kg/s. the air then passes through a heat exchanger where it is cooled to a temperature of 295k with negligible change in pressure. the valve can be modeled as a throttling process, and kinetic and potential energy effects can be neglected. (a) for a control volume enclosing the valve and heat exchanger and enough of the local surroundings that the heat transfer occurs at the ambient temperature of 295 k, determine the rate of entropy production, in kw/k. (b) if the expansion valve were replaced by an adiabatic turbine operating isentropically, what would be the entropy production? compare the results of parts (a) and (b) and discuss.