An escalator in a shopping center is designed to move 50 people, 75 kg each, at a constant speed of 0.6 m/s at 450 slope. determine: (a) the minimum power input needed to drive this escalator, and (b) what would your answer be if the escalator velocity were to be doubled?

The mass flow rate of the fluid remains constant in all steady flow process. a)- true b)- false

Apump is used to circulate hot water in a home heating system. water enters the well-insulated pump operating at steady state at a rate of 0.42 gal/min. the inlet pressure and temperature are 14.7 lbf/in.2, and 180°f, respectively; at the exit the pressure is 60 lbf/in.2 the pump requires 1/15 hp of power input. water can be modeled as an incompressible substance with constant density of 60.58 lb/ft3 and constant specific heat of 1 btu/lb or. neglecting kinetic and potential energy effects, determine the temperature change, in °r, as the water flows through the pump.

Afluid flows with a velocity field given by v=(x/t)i.. determine the local and convective accelerations when x=3 and t=1.