An experimental model is being prepared based on the requirements of a prototype pump that is going to be used in a chemical plant. The prototype should deliver 0.8 m3 /s of benzene with a pressure increase of Δp = 320 kPa. What should the volume flow rate and pressure increase produced by the model be to properly satisfy similarity between prototype and model? The model is one–sixth the size of the prototype. If the model requires a power of P = 900 kW to operate, what would the power requirement of the prototype be? The prototype and the model will be using the same fluid. The functional relation describing this problem is P = f (rho, μ, Q, Δp, l). Select your repeating variables considering the three relevant factors of similitude analysis: Geometry (l), Properties of the material (rho), and external effects (Q).

Aloaded platform of total mass 500 kg is supported by a dashpot and by a set of springs of effective stiffness 72 kn/m. it is observed that when the platform is depressed through a distance x = 12.5 cm below its equilibrium position and then released without any initial velocity; it reaches its equilibrium position in the shortest possible time without overshoot. find the position and velocity of the loaded platform 0.10 sec. after its release. if a further load of 400 kg is added to the platform, find, i) the frequency of damped vibrations, and i) the amplitude of vibration after 2 complete oscillations, given that the initial amplitude is 15 cm.

A3-mm-thick panel of aluminum alloy (k 177 w/m-k, c 875 j/kg-k and ? = 2770 kg/m) is finished on both sides with an epoxy coating that must be cured at or above t,-150°c for at least 5 min. the production line for the curing operation involves two steps: (1) heating in a large oven with air at ts,0-175°c and a convection coefficient of h, 40 w/m2. k, and (2) cooling in a large chamber with air at 25°c and a con- vection coefficient of he 10 w/m2.k. the heating portion of the process is conducted over a time interval te which exceeds the ime required to reach 150°c by 5 min (h = r + 300 s). the coating has an emissivity of ? = 0.8, and the temperatures of the oven and chamber walls are 175 and 25°c, respectively. if the panel is placed in the oven at an initial temperature of 25°c and removed from the chamber at a safe-to-touch tempera ture of 37°c, what is the total elapsed time for the two-step curing operation?

What is the major difference between thermoplastics and thermosetting plastics from the polymerization structure point of view?