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Example 1.1

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What is thc wcight 01' a l-kg mass at an altitudc whcrc thc local acceleration of gravity is 9.75 m/s2?
Solution --------------------------Weigbt is the force acting 011 the mass, which from Newton's second law is

= mg =

1 kg x 9.75 m/s2 x [1 N s2/kg m] = 9.75 N

What is thc wcight 01' a l-lbm mas s at an altitudc whcrc thc local accclcration 01' gravity is 32.0 ft/s2?
Solution --------------------------Weigbt is the force acting 011 the mass, which from Newton 's second law is

= mg = l lbm x 32.0 ft/s2

x [lbfs2/32.174Ibm

ft] = O.99461bf

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Example 1.2

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A l-m3 container, shown in Fig. l.9, is filled with 0.12 m3 of granite, 0.15 m3 of sand, and 0.2 ro3 of liquid 25"C water; the rest of the volume, 0.53 m3, is air with a density of 1.15 kg/m", Find thc overall (average) spccific volumc and dcnsity. Solution ----------------------------

Frorn the definition of specifc volurne and density we have

v = V/m and p = m/ V = l/v

We need to find the total rnass, taking density frorn Tables A.3 and A.4:
mgntnil~ = pV''Tllllite msand

= 2750 kg/m3

x 0.12 rn3

= 330 kg

= Psand

Vsand =

1500 kg/rn? x 0.151113 = 225 kg x O.2m3 = 199.4kg

Jnwater = Pwater v"vater = 997 kg/nr' mair

= Pair Vair= 1.15 kg/m?

x 0.53 rn3

= 0.61 kg

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Now the total mass becomes
mtot

Sketch for Example 1.2.

= mgranitc

+ msand + mwatcr + mair

= 755 kg

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