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Answer Scheme: Assignment 1

1. Convert the followings quantities to SI Unit.

a. 20 g = 20 x 10-3 kg = 0.02 kg
b. 200 ˚C = 200 + 273 0K = 473 K
c. 500 cm = 500 x 10-2 m = 5 m
d. 3000 Tg = 3000 x 1012 g = 3 x 1015 x 10-3 kg = 3 x 1012 kg
e. 600 Litre/min = 600 x 10-3 m3 / 60 s = 0.01 m3/s

2. State whether these quantities are vector or scalar.

a. Velocity – vector quantity
b. Acceleration – vector quantity
c. Weight – vector quantity
d. Temperature – scalar quantity
e. Pressure – scalar quantity

3. State the SI units for the following quantities.

a. Two length of steel pipe - m
b. Mass of your body - kg
c. Weight of a ship – kgms-2
d. Temperature for water to boil - K
e. Volume of a sphere – m3

4. State the correct quantities for the following statement in SI Unit.

a. Length of a standard pen – 1.5 x 10 -3 m (15 mm)
b. Volume of a standard ping pong ball – 3.351 x 10 -5 m3 (33510 mm3)
c. Pressure of a standard motorcycle tyre – 220 kPa
d. Velocity of jet plane – 7800 m/s
e. Range of tidal at Mimet’s seashore – 2 m to 4 m

5. Give 5 examples of other than SI units still used nowadays.

a. Length – feet
b. Temperature - ˚C
c. Pressure – Psi
d. Mass – Pound
e. Flow rate – Litre/min
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SFC in SFC in Specific Effective exhaust

Engine type Scenario
lb/(lbf·h) g/(kN·s) impulse (s) velocity (m/s)
NK-33 rocket engine Vacuum 10.9 309 330 3,240
Space shuttle
SSME rocket engine 7.95 225 453 4,423
vacuum
Ramjet Mach 1 4.5 127 800 7,877
SR-71 at Mach
J-58 turbojet 1.9 53.8 1,900 18,587
3.2 (Wet)
Rolls-Royce/Snecma Concorde Mach
1.195[24] 33.8 3,012 29,553
Olympus 593 2 cruise (Dry)
CF6-80C2B1F Boeing 747-400
0.605[24] 17.1 5,950 58,400
turbofan cruise
General Electric CF6
Sea level 0.307[24] 8.696 11,700 115,000
turbofan

The volume of sphere = (4/3)*pi*r3 where r is the radius.

The diameter of a ping pong ball is 40 mm or 1.5478 in.
the radius is 20 mm. r3 is 8000 mm3
The volume is 33510 mm3 or or 33.51 cc or 2.045 in3