KR10203 ENGINEERING SCIENCES

TUTORIAL (CHAPTER 1)
SEMESTER 2, 2022/2023

Instructions:
1. Use hand-writing to answer all the questions.
2. Submit your hard-copy answer script on the following lecture.

1. Convert the quantities 300 lb∙s and 52 slug/ft3 to appropriate SI units.

4.448 N
300 lb ∙ s = 300 lb ∙ s ( ) = 1334.4 N ∙ s = 1.3344 kN ∙ s
lb
3
slug slug 14.59 kg 1 ft kg Mg
52 3 = 52 3 ( )( ) = 26792.53 3 = 2.68 3
ft ft slug 0.3048 m m m

2. The pressure exerted at a point of the hull of the deep submersible vehicle is 3.00x106 Pa.
Determine the pressure in pounds per square feet.
0.0209 lb/ft 3
3 × 106 Pa = 3 × 106 Pa ( ) = 62700 lb/ft 3
1 Pa

3. The cross sectional area of a beam is 480 in2. What is its cross sectional area in SI unit?
2 2
0.02540 m 2
480 in = 480 in ( ) = 0.310 m2
1 in

4. Suppose that you have just purchased a Ferrari F355 coupe and you want to know whether
you can use your set of SAE wrenches to work on it. You have wrenches with widths w =
¼ in, ½ in, ¾ in, and 1 in, and the car has nuts with dimensions n = 5 mm, 10 mm, 15 mm,
20 mm, and 25 mm. Defining a wrench to fit if w is no more than 2% larger than n, which
of your wrenches can you use?

in mm Range (2%)
¼ 1 1 0.02540 m 1000mm
in = in ( )( ) 6.223 – 6.477 mm
4 4 1 in 1m
= 6.35 mm
½ 12.7 mm 12.446 – 12.954 mm
¾ 19.05 18.669 – 19.431 mm
1 25.4 mm 24.892 – 25.908 mm
1 in wrench fit 25 mm nuts.