Air is contained in a vertical piston–cylinder assembly fitted with an electrical resistor. The atmosphere exerts a pressure of 14.7 lbf/in.2 on the top of the piston, which has a mass of 50 lb and a face area of 2 ft2. Electric current passes through the resistor, and the volume of the air slowly increases by 2.0 ft3 while its pressure remains constant. The mass of the air is 0.5 lb, and its specific internal energy increases by 12 Btu/lb. The air and piston are at rest initially and finally. The piston–cylinder material is a ceramic composite and thus a good insulator. Friction between the piston and cylinder wall can be ignored, and the local acceleration of gravity is g = 32.0 ft/s2. Determine the heat transfer from the resistor to the air, in Btu, for a system consisting of (a) the air alone, (b) the air and the piston.

Tom is having a problem with his washing machine. he notices that the machine vibrates violently at a frequency of 1500 rpm due to an unknown rotating unbalance. the machine is mounted on 4 springs each having a stiffness of 10 kn/m. tom wishes to add an undamped vibration absorber attached by a spring under the machine the machine working frequency ranges between 800 rpm to 2000 rpm and its total mass while loaded is assumed to be 80 kg. a) what should be the mass of the absorber added to the machine so that the natural frequency falls outside the working range? b) after a first trial of an absorber using a mass of 35 kg, the amplitude of the oscillation was found to be 10 cm. what is the value of the rotating unbalance? c) using me-3.5 kg.m, find the optimal absorber (by minimizing its mass). what would be the amplitude of the oscillation of the absorber?