División de Ingenierı́as.

Thermodynamics
Campus Irapuato Salamanca.
Universidad de Guanajuato.
Thermodynamics #1
Solved problems

Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, 3rd. Ed. by Moran and Shapiro,

1996.

1. Problem 1.30
A closed system consisting of 2 kg of a gas undergoes a process during which the relationship
between pressure and specific volume is pv 1.3 = constant. The process begins with p1 = 1 bar,
v1 = 0.5 m3 /kg and ends with p2 = 0.25 bar. Determine the final volume, in m3 , and plot the
process on a graph of pressure versus specific volume.

P1 v11.3 = P2 v21.3
 1
P1 1.3 1.3
1.3
v1 = v2
P2
  1   1
P1 1.3 1bar 1.3
v2 = v1 = (0.5) m3 /kg = 1.4524 m3 /kg (2 kg) = 2.9048 m3
P2 0.25bar

2. Problem 1.13
An object whose mass is 10 kg weighs 90 N. Determine

(a) The local acceleration of gravity, in m/s2

w 90N
a= = = 9 m/s2
m 10kg
(b) The mass, in kg, and the weight, in N, of the object at a location where g = 9.81 m/s2 .
a) The mass doesn’t change
b) w = ma = (10 kg)(9.81 m/s2 ) = 98.1 N