Physics for Scientists and Engineers (Chaps 1-38)
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Chapter 13.3, Problem 1BE
A dam holds hack a lake that is 85 m deep at the dam. If the lake is 20 km long, how much thicker should the dam be than if the lake were smaller, only 1.0 km long?
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(II) Show that the power needed to drive a fluid...Ch. 13 - (II) Water at a gauge pressure of 3.8 atm at...Ch. 13 - (II) In Fig. 1355, take into account the speed of...Ch. 13 - (II) Suppose the top surface of the vessel in Fig....Ch. 13 - (II) You are watering your lawn with a hose when...Ch. 13 - (III) Suppose the opening in the tank of Fig. 1355...Ch. 13 - Prob. 59PCh. 13 - (III) (a) Show that the flow speed measured by a...Ch. 13 - Prob. 61PCh. 13 - (III) A fire hose exerts a force on the person...Ch. 13 - (II) A viscometer consists of two concentric...Ch. 13 - Prob. 64PCh. 13 - (I) Engine oil (assume SAE 10, Table 133) passes...Ch. 13 - Prob. 66PCh. 13 - (II) What diameter must a 15.5-m-long air duct...Ch. 13 - (II) What must be the pressure difference between...Ch. 13 - (II) Poiseuilles equation does not hold if the...Ch. 13 - Prob. 70PCh. 13 - (III) A patient is to be given a blood...Ch. 13 - (I) If the force F needed to move the wire in Fig....Ch. 13 - (I) Calculate the force needed to move the wire in...Ch. 13 - 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