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Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics, 8/e, Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr.,
Elliot R. Eisenberg, William E. Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip J. Cornwell
2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies.


Chapter 13, Solution 33.


Pressures vary inversely as the volume


L
L
P Aa Pa
P
P Ax x
= =
( ) ( )

2 2
R
R
P Aa Pa
P
P A a x a x
= =


Initially at ! 0
2
a
v x = =
1
0 T =
At ",
2
2
1
,
2
x a T mv = =
( )
2 2
1 2
1 1
2
a a
a a
L R
u P P Adx PaA dx
x a x

' (
= =
) *

+ ,
- -

( )
1 2
2
ln ln 2
a
a
u paA x a x

' ( = +
+ ,


1 2
3
ln ln ln ln
2 2
a a
u paA a a

' ( ! " ! "

= +
# $ # $ ) *
% & % &
+ ,


2
2
1 2
3 4
ln ln ln
4 3
a
u paA a paA

' (
! "
= =
) *
# $
% &
+ ,


2
1 1 2 2
4 1
0 ln
3 2
T U T paA mv

! "
+ = + =
# $
% &


2
4
2 ln
3
0.5754
paA
paA
v
m m
! "
# $
% &
= = 0.759
paA
v
m
= !