1. A piston/cylinder with cross sectional area of 0.

01 m2 has a piston mass of 100

kg resting on the stops. With an outside atmospheric pressure of 100 kPa,
what should the water pressure be to lift the piston?
2. The figures show physical situation. Illustrate the possible processes in a PV
diagram.

3. A piston/cylinder has 5 m of liquid 20oC water on top of the piston (m = 0) with

cross-sectional area of 0.1 m2. Air is let in under the piston that rises and
pushes the water out over the top edge. Find the necessary work to push all
the water out and plot the process in a P-V diagram.
4. An engine cylinder of diameter 22.5cm has a stroke length of 37.5cm. The
swept volume is four times the clearance volume. The pressure of the gas at
the beginning of expansion stroke is 1569kPa. Find the work done during
expansion stroke assuming the process as reversible adiabatic. Given the
adiabatic index for the working substance = 1.4.

5. The surface tension of a spherical weather balloon can be described by the

relationship 𝜎 (𝑛𝑚)=(10,000+500∗𝐴2) 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐴 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑖𝑛 𝑚2.
Determine the total work done by the gas inside the balloon to increase its
diameter from 1 to 1.5m.
6. CV A is the mass inside a piston/cylinder. CV B is that mass plus the mass of
the piston, outside which is the standard atmosphere. Write the process
equation and the work term for the two CVs.
7. A piston/cylinder arrangement initially contains air at 150 kPa and 400◦C. The
setup is allowed to cool to the ambient temperature of 20◦C.
a. Is the piston resting on the stops in the final state? What is the final
pressure in the cylinder?
b. What is the specific work done by the air during the process?