ES2501 Engineering Statics A 2017 Stabile

Assignment 1:

Date Assigned: Thursday, 8/24/2017

Date Due: Monday, 8/28/2017, at the start of class

1. A US dime has a mass of 2.268 grams.

a. How much would a $10.00 roll of dimes weigh in pounds?
b. How much would a $10.00 roll of dimes weigh in newtons?
c. How many ounces does one dime weigh?

2. A weight in the gym has a mass of 5 kg. The density of water is 1

gm/cm3. The density of steel is 8.05 gm/cm3.
a. If we have a 5 kg disc of water 1 inch thick, what diameter in
inches would it be?
b. If we have a 5 kg disc of steel 1 inch thick, what diameter in
millimeters would it be?

3. The density of air, = 1.18 . The air in front of a 10 in
3
diameter woofer speaker can be approximated by a cylinder 10
inches in diameter and 1 inches thick.
a. What is the mass of this approximate volume of air in front of
the speaker in kg?
b. At 40 Hz the speaker moves with a displacement of
(.5 )() and a max acceleration of (.5 )2 . What
max force in Newtons does the speaker have to exert to move
the approx. volume of air at this displacement and frequency?
= 2(40)/