Describe the Carnot cycle
What will be an ideal response?
(1 ) The gas is first expanded isothermally, with the addition of heat.
(2 ) Next the gas expands adiabatically.
(3 ) The gas is compressed at constant temperature, and heat flows out.
(4 ) Finally, the gas is compressed adiabatically.
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The greatest inaccuracy in Copernicus's model of the solar system was that the planets
a. traveled in circular orbits with uniform motion. b. traveled on epicycles whose centers followed orbits around the Sun. c. traveled in elliptical orbits. d. were allowed to travel backwards in their orbits. e. orbited the Sun.
The specific yield strength of the alloy Ti-6Al-4V in Table 8.12 is equal to _________MPa.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Conventional automobile efficiencies cannot conceivably be higher than about 25%, even with perfect engineering. This is due to
A) the law of conservation of energy. B) frictional loses inside the car plus unburned hydrocarbons. C) the second law of thermodynamics. D) road friction. E) air resistance plus road friction.
A 30.0-kg object experiences a drag force due to air resistance with a magnitude proportional to the square of its speed. The object falls with an acceleration of 4.00 m/s2 downward when it is falling downward at 70.0 m/s
What is its terminal speed? A) 172 m/s B) 108 m/s C) 110 m/s D) 157 m/s E) 91.0 m/s