course Phy 202 6/24/09 12:53am Question: Query set 5 problems 16-20
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Given Solution: ** The impulse exerted on a particle in a collision is the change in the momentum of that particle during a collision. The impulse-momentum theorem says that the change in momentum in a collision is equal to the impulse, the average force * the time interval between collisions. The average force is thus change in momentum / time interval; the time interval is the round-trip distance divided by the velocity, or 2L / v so the average force is -2 m v / ( 2L / v) = m v^2 / L If there were N such particles the total average force would be N * m v^2 / L If the directions are random we distribute the force equally over the 3 dimensions of space and for one direction we get get 1/3 the force found above, or 1/3 N * m v^2 / L. This 3-way distribution of force is related to the fact that for the average velocity vector we have v^2 = vx^2 + vy^2 + vz^2, where v is average magnitude of velocity and vx, vy and vz the x, y and z components of the velocity (more specifically the rms averages--the square root of the average of the squared components). ** Your Self-Critique: ok Your Self-Critique Rating: 3 ********************************************* Question: Summarize the relationship between the thermal energy that goes into the system during a cycle, the work done by the system during a cycle, and the thermal energy removed or dissipated during the cycle. YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your Solution: All of the thermal energy that goes into the system is not put to use. The portion that is used is the work done by the system. The thermal energy that is dissipated or lost during the cycle is what is left over. So: Total thermal energy= work done+ energy dissipated Confidence Rating:3
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Given Solution: ** Work-energy is conserved within an isolated system. So the thermal energy that goes into the system must equal the total of the work done by the system and the thermal energy removed from the system. What goes in must come out, either in the form of work or thermal energy. ** Your Self-Critique: ok Your Self-Critique Rating:2 ********************************************* Question: If you know the work done by a thermodynamic system during a cycle and the thermal energy removed or dissipated during the cycle, how would you calculate the efficiency of the cycle? YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your Solution: I would first add the work done and the thermal energy removed to get the total thermal energy that has gone into the system. I would then divide the work done, by that total energy number to find out the efficiency of the cycle. Confidence Rating:3
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Given Solution: ** STUDENT SOLUTION: Efficiency is work done / energy input. Add the amount thermal energy removed to the amount of work done to get the input. Then, divide work by the energy input. ** Your Self-Critique: ok Your Self-Critique Rating: 3 ********************************************* Question: prin phy and gen phy problem 15.2, cylinder with light frictionless piston atm pressure, 1400 kcal added, volume increases slowly from 12.0 m^3 to 18.2 m^3. Find work and chagne in internal energy. YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your Solution: We first need to find the change in volume. Because we’re working at atmospheric pressure we have to multiply the volume by 1 atm dV= (101.3*10^3 N/m^2)*(18.2 m^3- 12.0 m^3) dV= (101.3* 10^3 N/m^2)*(6.2 m^3) dV= 6.3x10^5 J Next we have to convert kcal to Joules, which is added to the system 1400 kcal* 4200 J= 5.9x 10^6 Joules Finally the change in internal energy is 5.9x10^6 J- 6.3x10^5J= 5.27 Joules Confidence Rating:2
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Given Solution: Work done at constant pressure is P `dV, so the work done in this situation is `dW = P `dV = 1 atm * (18.2 m^3 - 12 m^3) = (101.3 * 10^3 N/m^2) * (6.2 m^3) = 630 * 10^3 N * m = 6.3 * 10^5 J. A total of 1400 kcal = 1400 * 4200 J = 5.9 * 10^6 J of thermal energy is added to the system, the change in internal energy is `dU = `dQ - `dW = 5.9*10^6 J - 6.3 * 10^5 J = 5.9 * 10^6 J - .63 * 10^6 J = 5.3 * 10^6 J. It is worth thinking about the P vs. V graph of this process. The pressure P remains constant at 101.3 * 10^3 J as the volume changes from 12 m^3 to 18.2 m^3, so the graph will be a straight line segment from the point (12 m^3, 101.3 * 10^3 J) to the point (18.2 m^3, 101.3 * 10^3 J). This line segment is horizontaland the region above the horizontal axis and beneath the segment is a rectangle whose width is 6.2 * 10^3 m^3 and whose altitude is 101.3 * 10^3 N/m^2; its area is therefore the product of its altitude and width, which is 6.3 * 10^5 N m, or 6.3 * 10^5 J, the same as the word we calculated above. Your Self-Critique: ok Your Self-Critique Rating: 3 ********************************************* Question: gen phy problem 15.12, a-c curved path `dW = -35 J, `dQ = -63 J; a-b-c `dW = - 48 J gen phy how much thermal energy goes into the system along path a-b-c and why? Your Solution: *dQ is the energy transferred to the system, so that’s -63 J *dW is the work done by the system along the path, so that’s -35 J The system does 35 Joules of work and loses 63 J of thermal energy. Therefore it gains 35 of energy by having work come on it while losing 63 J of thermal energy. That energy goes down by 28 J. Confidence Rating:1
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Given Solution: ** I'll need to look at the graph in the text to give a reliably correct answer to this question. However the gist of the argument goes something like this: `dQ is the energy transferred to the system, `dW the work done by the system along the path. Along the curved path the system does -35 J of work and -63 J of thermal energy is added--meaning that 35 J of work are done on the system and the system loses 63 J of thermal energy. If a system gains 35 J of energy by having work done on it while losing 63 J of thermal energy, its internal energy goes down by 28 J (losing thermal energy take internal energy from the system, doing work would take energy from the system so doing negative work adds energy to the system). So between a and c along the curved path the system loses 28 J of internal energy. In terms of the equation, `dU = `dQ - `dW = -63 J -(-35 J) = -28 J. It follows that at point c, the internal energy of the system is 28 J less than at point a, and this will be the case no matter what path is followed from a to c. Along the path a-b-c we have -48 J of work done by the system, which means that the system tends to gain 48 J in the process, while as just observed the internal energy goes down by 28 Joules. The system therefore have `dQ = `dU + `dW = -28 J + (-48 J) = -76 J, and 76 J of internal energy must be removed from the system.** STUDENT COMMENT: I don’t understand the transition from the first step in which we found the work of the system and the energy not used and then the second part where you combine this thermal energy with the work done in the second part of the system. Why would you combine energy lost to work done? INSTRUCTOR RESPONSE During a complete cycle, energy is put into the system. The cycle ends in the same energy state as it began. So the energy put into the system has to go somewhere; it isn't retained by the system. Some of this energy is converted to mechanical work. Whatever isn't converted to mechanical work has to be removed from the system (for example, as exhaust). Your Self-Critique: ok Your Self-Critique Rating:2 ********************************************* Question: gen phy How are the work done by the system, the thermal energy added to the system and the change in the internal energy of the system related, and what is this relationship have to do with conservation of energy? YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your Solution: The change in internal energy decreases as the work done decreases. As thermal energy is added to the system, the energy lost decreases. We can find the change in the internal energy of the system by subtracting amount of work done by amount of work lost. Confidence Rating:3
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Given Solution: ** If a system does work it tends to reduce internal energy, so `dW tends to decrease `dU. If thermal energy is added to the system `dQ tends to increase `dU. This leads to the conclusion that `dU = `dQ - `dW. Thus for example if `dW = -48 J and `dU = -28 J, `dQ = `dU + `dW = -28 J + -48 J = -76 J. ** Your Self-Critique: ok Your Self-Critique Rating: ********************************************* Question: gen phy How does the halving of pressure caused a halving of the magnitude of the work, and why is the work positive instead of negative as it was in the process a-b-c? Your Solution: ½ the pressure cuts the altitude in half as well as the area If the final volume is less than the initial volume, the area will be negative. Confidence Rating:3
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Given Solution: ** Work is the area under the pressure vs. volume curve. If you have half the pressure between two volumes the graph has half the altitude, which leads to half the area. The 'width' of a region is final volume - initial volume. If the direction of the process is such that final volume is less than initial volume (i.e., going 'backwards', in the negative x direction) then with 'width' is negative and the area is negative. ** Your Self-Critique: ok Your Self-Critique Rating:3