Semester: Sept 2016 – Jan 2017

Course: PHY440 Mechanics, Waves and Thermal Physics

Text book: Jewett, J.W. and Serway, R.A. (2010). Physics for Scientists and Engineers with
Modern Physics, 8th Edition, Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning.
Assignment 4

Question Topic Problem

1 Conceptual Questions No 6 (Softcopy) p.422; No 12 (Hardcopy) p. 422

6. Does a ship float higher in the water of an inland lake or in

the ocean? Why?

2 Conceptual Questions No 16 (Softcopy) p.423; No 14 (Hardcopy) p. 422

16. Why do airplane pilots prefer to take off with the airplane
facing into the wind?

3 Section 14.2 Variation of No 11 (Softcopy) p.424; No 9 (Hardcopy) p. 424

Pressure with Depth
11. (a) Calculate the absolute pressure at the bottom of a
freshwater lake at a point whose depth is 27.5 m. Assume
the density of the water is 1.00  103 kg/m3 and that the
air above is at a pressure of 101.3 kPa. (b) What force is
exerted by the water on the window of an underwater vehicle
at this depth if the window is circular and has a diameter
of 35.0 cm?

4 Section 14.4 Buoyant Forces No 31 (Softcopy) p.426; No 33 (Hardcopy) p. 426

and Archimedes’s Principle
31. A wooden block of volume 5.24  104 m3 floats in
water, and a small steel object of mass m is placed on top of
the block. When m = 0.310 kg, the system is in equilibrium
and the top of the wooden block is at the level of the water.
(a) What is the density of the wood? (b) What happens to
the block when the steel object is replaced by an object
whose mass is less than 0.310 kg? (c) What happens to the
block when the steel object is replaced by an object whose
mass is greater than 0.310 kg?

5 Section 14.6 Bernoulli’s No 44 (Softcopy) p.427; No 44 (Hardcopy) p. 427

Equation
44. In ideal flow, a liquid of density 850 kg/m3 moves
from a horizontal tube of radius 1.00 cm into a second horizontal
tube of radius 0.500 cm at the same elevation as the
first tube. The pressure differs by P between the liquid
in one tube and the liquid in the second tube. (a) Find the
volume flow rate as a function of P. Evaluate the volume
flow rate for (b) P = 6.00 kPa and (c) P = 12.0 kPa.

6 Additional Problems No 56 (Softcopy) p.429; No 56 (Hardcopy) p. 429

56. A helium-filled balloon (whose envelope has a mass of

mb = 0.250 kg) is tied to a uniform string of length ,  =
2.00 m and mass m = 0.050 0 kg. The balloon is spherical
with a radius of r = 0.400 m. When released in air of
temperature 20C and density air = 1.20 kg/m3, it lifts a
length h of string and then remains stationary as shown in
Figure P14.56. We wish to find the length of string lifted by

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 the balloon. (a) When the balloon remains stationary, what is
the appropriate analysis model to describe it? (b) Write a
force equation for the balloon from this model in terms of
the buoyant force B, the weight Fb of the balloon, the weight
FHe of the helium, and the weight Fs of the segment of string
of length h. (c) Make an appropriate substitution for each of
these forces and solve symbolically for the mass ms of the
segment of string of length h in terms of mb, r, air, and the
density of helium He. (d) Find the numerical value of the
mass ms. (e) Find the length h numerically.

7 Section 16.2 Analysis Model: No 15 (Softcopy) p.483; No 17 (Hardcopy) p. 484

Traveling Wave
15. A transverse wave on a string is described by the wave
function

y=0.120sin ( π8 x+ 4 πt )
where x and y are in meters and t is in seconds. Determine
(a) the transverse speed and (b) the transverse acceleration
at t = 0.200 s for an element of the string located at x =
1.60 m. What are (c) the wavelength, (d) the period, and
(e) the speed of propagation of this wave?

8 Section 16.3 The Speed of No 26 (Softcopy) p.484; No 28 (Hardcopy) p. 484

Waves on Strings
26. A transverse traveling wave on a taut wire has an amplitude
of 0.200 mm and a frequency of 500 Hz. It travels with a
speed of 196 m/s. (a) Write an equation in SI units of the
form y = A sin (kx  t) for this wave. (b) The mass per
unit length of this wire is 4.10 g/m. Find the tension in the
wire.

9 Additional Problems No 39 (Softcopy) p.561; No 45 (Hardcopy) p. 561

39. A student measures the length of a brass rod with a steel

tape at 20.0C. The reading is 95.00 cm. What will the tape
indicate for the length of the rod when the rod and the
tape are at (a) 15.0C and (b) 55.0C?

10 Section 20.2 Specific Heat and No 2 (Softcopy) p.592; No 6 (Hardcopy) p. 592

Calorimetry
2. The highest waterfall in the world is the Salto Angel Falls
in Venezuela. Its longest single falls has a height of 807 m.
If water at the top of the falls is at 15.0°C, what is the maximum
temperature of the water at the bottom of the falls?
Assume all the kinetic energy of the water as it reaches the
bottom goes into raising its temperature.

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11 Additional Problems No 54 (Softcopy) p.596; No 54 (Hardcopy) p. 596

54. An ice-cube tray is filled with 75.0 g of water. After

the filled tray reaches an equilibrium temperature of
20.0°C, it is placed in a freezer set at 8.00°C to make ice
cubes. (a) Describe the processes that occur as energy is
being removed from the water to make ice. (b) Calculate
the energy that must be removed from the water to make
ice cubes at 8.00°C.

12 Section 20.4 Work and Heat in No 23 (Softcopy) p.594; No 23 (Hardcopy) p. 594

Thermodynamic Processes
23. An ideal gas is taken through a quasi-static process
described by P = V 2, with  = 5.00 atm/m6, as shown in Figure
P20.23. The gas is expanded to twice its original volume of
1.00 m3. How much work is done on the expanding gas in this
process?

13 Section 20.5 The First Law of No 30 (Softcopy) p.594; No 30 (Hardcopy) p. 594

Thermodynamics
30. A sample of an ideal gas goes through the process shown
in Figure P20.30. From A to B, the process is adiabatic;
from B to C, it is isobaric with 100 kJ of energy entering
the system by heat; from C to D, the process is isothermal;
and from D to A, it is isobaric with 150 kJ of energy leaving
the system by heat. Determine the difference in internal
energy Eint,B  Eint,A.