South Valley University

Faculty of Engineering
Power Mechanical Engineering Department
2nd Academic Year
Numerical Analysis (2) (MPEG213)
Sheet 5(Review Problems)
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1. A truss is loaded as shown in Fig, solve for the 10 unknowns of reactions on truss
members using gauss elimination.

2. Idealized spring-mass systems have numerous applications

throughout engineering. Figure shows an arrangement of four
springs in series being depressed with a force of 2000 kg. At
equilibrium, where the k’s are spring constants. If k1 through k4 are
150, 50, 75, and 225 N/m, respectively, compute the x’s gauss-Jordan
elimination method.

𝑅∗𝑇 𝑎
3. The Redlich-Kwong equation of state is given by 𝑃 = − , where R is the
𝑣−𝑏 𝑣(𝑣+𝑏)√𝑇
universal gas constant [= 0.518 kJ/ (kg K)], T = absolute temperature (K), p =absolute
pressure (kPa), and V= the volume of a kg of gas (m3/kg). The parameters a and b are
𝑅 2 ∗(𝑇𝑐 )2.5 𝑇𝑐
calculated by 𝑎 = 0.427 ∗ , 𝑏 = 0.0866𝑅 , where pc = critical
𝑃𝐶 𝑃𝐶
pressure (kPa) and Tc = critical temperature (K). As a chemical engineer, you are asked to
determine the amount of methane fuel (pc = 4600 kPa and Tc = 191 K) that can be held in a
3-m3 tank at a temperature of 240 οC with a pressure of 65,000 kPa. Use a root-locating
method of your choice to calculate v and then determine the mass of methane contained in
the tank.

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 South Valley University
Faculty of Engineering
Power Mechanical Engineering Department
2nd Academic Year
Numerical Analysis (2) (MPEG213)
Sheet 5(Review Problems)
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𝐿𝜌𝑉 2
4. The pressure drop in a section of pipe can be calculated as ∆𝑃 = 𝑓
2𝐷
where Δp = the pressure drop (Pa), f = the friction factor, L = the length of pipe [m], ρ
density (kg/m3), V = velocity (m/s), and D = diameter (m). For turbulent low, the Colebrook
1 𝜀 2.51
equation provides a means to calculate the friction factor, = −2 log ( + )
√𝑓 3.7𝐷 𝑅𝑒√𝑓
𝜌𝑉𝐷
where ε the roughness (m), and Re = the Reynolds number,𝑅𝑒 = where µ = dynamic
𝜇
viscosity (N.s/m2). Determine Δp for a 0.2-m-long horizontal stretch of smooth drawn
tubing given ρ = 1.23 kg/m3, µ =1.79 * 10-5 N. s/m2, D = 0.005 m, V = 40 m/s, and ε =
0.0015 mm. Use a numerical method to determine the friction factor. Note that smooth pipes
with Re ≥105, a good initial guess can be obtained using the Blasius formula, 𝑓 =
0.316/Re0.25.

5. An experiment is performed to dei ne the relationship between applied stress and the time
to fracture for a type of stainless steel. Eight different values of stress are applied, and the
resulting data are

Plot these data and then develop a best-i t equation to predict the fracture time for an
applied stress of 20 kg/mm2

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