Is the back side of the Moon always dark?
What will be an ideal response?
No, it receives sunlight when the Moon is between us and the Sun.
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A long 0.6-m-OD 347 stainless steel (k = 14 W/(m K)) cylindrical billet at 16°C room temperature is placed in an oven where the temperature is 260°C. If the average heat transfer coefficient is 170 W/(m2 K), (a) estimate the time required for the center temperature to increase to 232°C by using the appropriate chart and (b) determine the instantaneous surface heat flux when the center temperature is 232°C.
GIVEN
• A long cylindrical billet placed in an oven
• Billet outside diameter = 0.6 m
• Thermal conductivity (k) = 14 W/(m K)
• Initial temperature (Ti) = 16°C
• Oven temperature (T?) = 260°C
• The average heat transfer coefficient h c= 170 W/(m2 K)
• Center temperature increases to 232°C
FIND
(a) The time required using the appropriate chart (b) The instantaneous surface heat fluxes when the center temperature is 232°C
ASSUMPTIONS
• Radial conduction only in billet
• Uniform and constant properties
SKETCH
Which of the following explains why, about 13,000 years from now, Vega will be a better North Star than Polaris?
A) Earth rotates once each day. B) Earth orbits the Sun once each year. C) The direction of Earth's axis in space precesses with a period of about 26,000 years. D) Stars appear to move randomly relative to our Sun in the local solar neighborhood. E) The universe is expanding.
A fluid has a density of 1040 kg/m3 . If it rises to a height of 1.8 cm in a 2.0-mm diameter capillary tube, what is the surface tension of the liquid?
a. 0.046 N/m c. 0.092 N/m b. 0.056 N/m d. 0.11 N/m
Parallel Wires: When two long parallel wires carry unequal currents, the magnitude of the magnetic force that one wire exerts on the other is F. If the current in both wires is now doubled, what is the magnitude of the new magnetic force on each wire?
A. 16F
B. 8F
C. 4F
D. 2F
E. F