A steel wire of length 50 meters is required to transmit a 10 kN tensile load. Determine the smallest diameter wire that can be used if the tensile stress must not exceed 150 MPa and the elongation of the wire must not exceed 25 mm. (Esteel = 210 GPa).

Steel is coated with a thin layer of ceramic to protect against corrosion. what do you expect to happen to the coating when the temperature of the steel is increased significantly? explain.

Aflywheel accelerates for 5 seconds at 2 rad/s2 from a speed of 20 rpm. determine the total number of revolutions of the flywheel during the period of its acceleration. a.5.65 b.8.43 c. 723 d.6.86

Aplate clutch has a single pair of mating friction surfaces 250-mm od by 175-mm id. the mean value of the coefficient of friction is 0.30, and the actuating force is 4 kn. a) find the maximum pressure and the torque capacity using the uniform-wear model. b) find the maximum pressure and the torque capacity using the uniform-pressure model.