Engineering Mechanics & Thermodynamics

Khiyam Iftikhar
Assign #3 (Fall 2022)
(BEE-1E)
Deadline: December 16, 2022
Note:

 All answers should be in Joules (For Work) and Watts (for power)

Q1. A gas in a piston–cylinder assembly undergoes a compression

process for which the relation between pressure and volume is given
by pVn = constant. The initial volume is 0.1 m3 , the final volume is 0.04
m3 , and the final pressure is 2 bar. Determine the initial pressure, in
bar, and the work for the process, in kJ, if (a) n = 0, (b) n = 1, (c) n = 1.3

Q2. A composite plane wall consists of a 60-mm-thick layer of insulation

(Ki = 0.15 W/mK) and a 85-mm-thick layer of siding (K = 0.35 W/m K).
The inner temperature of the insulation is 32°C. The outer temperature
of the siding is -5°C. Determine at steady state (a) the temperature at
the interface of the two layers, in °C, and (b) the rate of heat transfer
through the wall, in W per m² of surface area i.e Q̇ /A

Q = - k A dT/l