higher education & training Depariment Higher Education and Training REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA Te40(E)(A4)T APRIL 2012 NATIONAL CERTIFICATE ENGINEERING SCIENCE N2 (15070402) 4 April (X-Paper) 09:00 - 12:00 og This question paper consists of 10 pages and a t-page formula sheet.Tee0E aay DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA NATIONAL CERTIFICATE ENGINEERING SCIENCE N2 TIME: 3 HOURS: MARKS: 100 INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION 2 a Angwet ALL the questions. Read ALL the quests careful ALL the calculations should consist fat ea the follwing THREE steps {@) The formu used or manipulation thereot (©) The substtuion of the gen daiain forma {@) The answer together with he corect Stunt ‘The folowing values MUST be used inthis question paper whenever applicabie Gravitaional acceleration 8 mist ‘Aumospharic pressure 02 3xPa Heat vee of petal #25 nskg Heat vats of coal = 50g Density of water 71000 kim? Specific heat capaci of water 2a 3B7ugrC ‘Specie heat capacty of stam £2100" ‘Specie heat capacty of stes! ‘Specie heat capacty of copper Specie heat capacty of aluminium Ungar cosficiont of expansion of tee = 000 012 Linear coefficient of expansion of copper (000 01776 near eaefiien of expansion of auuminioe 000 025° Resistivity of steal at 20°C = 0,000 000 #55.0 m Resistivity of coppar at 20 °C (000 000 018 &.m Resistivity of aluminium t 20°C (00 000 028 Am Rule off across the page an completion ofeach question. Drawing instruments MUST be used for ALL the crawings. umber the answers corecty according othe numbering system US in his question Paper. ‘Write neatly ans lai PTOlo 3 TeAO(E AIT QUESTION + 41 Copy TABLE 1 below neatly n the ANSWER BOOK and complete the basic Suni 2s given in the example ‘QUANTITY BASIC SLUNIT (ea [Foe newton [xa veer 4.1.2 | Momentum 1.13 | Displacement 1 [yyw | Wetoaity alle Displacement | ‘ator A 7.18 | Work a 118 | Press =f [17 [Terperatre TABLE 1 : a) 4.2 Convert the folowing : 121 15mistokguh o 422 1500 centimeters tometers _ 123 500 Megapascal io Gigapascal ao * 19} P10a. TS4O(E}AG)T t QUESTION? 24 22 Velocity in mis 10 FIGURE 1 below. shows graph thal depicts the velocity of @ vehicle with respectto lime, Movement takes place in a staight line ° 3542, a5 Time in seconds FIGURE + Determine the following from the graph above: But The acceleration of he vehicle @ 212 Theveloaity ater 49 seconds @ 213 Thettotal stance covered bythe vehicle during ne 4S.seconds (2) 214 The average velocity of the venice ” ‘An truck is brought to rest from a velocty af 72 kmnih over distance of ‘40 metres at a constant deceleration Determine the folowing 2.21 The deceleration ofthe ruck 2) 2.22 The time taken for he ” 9) PTOANE QUESTION 3 21 Define the moment of force ao 52. FIGURE 2 below shows @ horizontal beam resting on two suppor L 2nd R. Fhe beam Carries 2 20 KN load al the lefvnand end of the beam. 20 KN load ‘im rom the suppor Land 2-10 KN load at 4 m rom the 30 KN load. ‘Land R are 10 m apart Ignore the self weight of the beam, 20 kN 30 kN 10 KN am am 4m FIGURE 2 Determine the folowing 32:1 The value of the reactions L and R, by taking moments about both supports © 5322 Check the answer by balancing upward and downward forces ” 33. Anunknown force fs incline at 28 * tothe horizontal. The vertical component tf the unknown force is 80 N. Determine the value of the unknown force, @ 0 | PTOOC QUESTION « 41 Define potenti! energy. 2 42 Abick with 8 mass of 6 kg is dropped vertically from a certain height. It takes ‘4. 5:Seconds forthe brick to reach the groune Determine the folowing 421 The height kom which the Bick’ dropped 2 422 The pote eneray of te rick with relerence othe ground the ‘omen before te Bick opped gy 423. The velooty wih which fe brick its the ground @ 424 Themomentum ofthe bck he mamenthetore this the ground s the QuEsTiON s wees 51 Define wg 0 52 person pushes wih 100 against soi wall fort mine without te wall raving. Deleine he werk dane onthe wal o 53. eDkg assis ited vericly 52 mithin 45 seconds Determine he flowing 531 The wor doen iting he mass @ 532 The average power requred ot tne mass @ 533. Theefficiency ofthe fing device ifthe input poweris 1 co0Wat 54 constant force of 80 Nis appl on the ccurference of 8 gear whee! that has a diameter of 300 mm. Caleulate the work done on the gear wheel per single revolution @QUESTIONS 1 ToAO|E NAAT 6.1 Define pressure as applied by a laui a 6.2 A tank of diameter 3,0 m is filed with water. The gauge pressure al the bottom ofthe tank is 48,02 KPa, Determine the folowing e621 622 623 ‘The absolute pressure atthe bottom of the tank a “The height of water inthe tank @ “The force of water on the bottom af the tank @ 63. A tody of mass 120 tgs pulled up an incine at constant sped by on (o> Saend face poral totne icine ne cine haa on arte 28° fo te ()Satzont the coer oftcton between the boay and te rene 6038 Determine the folowing 634 632 633 634 ‘QUESTION ‘The weight component perpendicular to the sliding plene o “The weight component parallel to the sling plane o ‘The fritional force +» ‘The external force pulling the body up the inane plane 2 a 1 Make a neat skelch of a differential wheel and avlesiting machine with the opes wound corectiy. Indicate ALL the diameters and show where the load ang effor is applied ® 7.2 The following information reters toa bet rive: ‘The tension ratio between the tight and slack side of he belt ‘The tension on the tight side ‘The ciameter of the driving pulley The rotational frequency of tne driving pulley 500 r/min Calculate the following 724 “The belt speed in mis o TO8. ‘TS4Q{E)iA4)T 7.2.2 The tension on the slack side ofthe bet o 7.2.3. The power transferred by the belt @ 73 State TWO disadvantages of belt drives compared to gear drives @ 110] QUESTION 8 8.1 Define, or explain in your own words, what is meant by the ‘reat value of petrol is 25 Mla! 0 82 Acboller has @ power output of 1 500 KW and operates with an efficiency of 73%, Calculate the following: 82.1 The input power tothe boiler 2 82.2 The coal supply tothe boiler n kg/min @ 83 & MJ (Megajaules) of heat energy is supplied to 36 kg of water. Ifthe inital temperature of the water was 16°C, determine the final temperaure @ 8.4 —_Analuminium bar has a length of 10001 min the aftemoon at a emperature of 151°C. In the early morring, the length was 10,00 m. What was the tempera. ture inthe early morning? 3 119) PTOIt . . TBAOIE)(AA\T QUESTIONS aa 92 93 a4 9s The diagram below shows the temperaturefenthaipy diagram for water depicting the change from wate: to superheated steam teu Temperaluxe Enthalpy (neat energy) Refer to the diagram ang answer the fellowing questions: 9.1.1 What does tey represent? o @.1.2 What does tg represent? 0 9.1.3. What does the length of ine AB represent? o Wat isthe effect of pressure on the boling point of water? @ What isthe electrical charge on the nucleus of an atom? a What is anion? 0 Define the term electroive. Q 8 PTOQUESTION 10 104 102 ‘TeAQ(ENAQ)T ‘Two resistors, 4 9 and 6 £1 are connected in series. Deterrine the resuttant resistance of ine series circu In the diagram below. the resultant resistance between A and Bis 45 2 ‘Determine the value ofthe unknown resistor, x. 103 10.4 105 Make a neat, labelled sketch of an apparatus that may be used to demonstrate mutual induction Give TWO examples where mutual induction is used to advantage in practice ‘A copper conductor, having a cross sectional area of 28274 mm? has a ‘asictance of § 5 2 at 20°C. Determine the length ofthe conductor TOTAL: a @ e 2 2 9) 100TeAO(E)A6)T PORMULA SHEET Al the formulae needed ate not necessarily ince, ‘sn anplieable formula may alsn be vse ener ne keme eer E ok Wek be Onna 1° soggy eM nn Mt 00% sagen = 100% et re 22. Tuer “10% (4, =a) om 4 ya 2D aaa @-4a atmo Qem.e. ar oo we = Q= min ano orisonaa! Tension ratio Tr panuingserhouding Je "| Eom=rem Faas = Peru + Per ash Roar B Rseg = +Ry t+ Ry 1 eet