A cylindrical specimen of Aluminum-alloy having a diameter of 12.35 mm and 295 mm long is pulled in tension with a force of 24 kN. Calculate the approximate ductility in percent elongation (%EL), if strain at fracture is 0.30. Neglect the strain at elastic limit.

If you were designing a bumper for a car, would you prefer it to exhibit elastic or plastic deformation? why? consider the functions of a bumper in both a minor "fender-bender" and a major collision.

Determine whether or not it is possible to compress air adiabatically from k to 140 kpa and 400 k. what is the entropy change during this process?

Water in a partially filled large tank is to be supplied to the roof top, which is 8 m above the water level in the tank, through a 2.2-cm-internal-diameter pipe by maintaining a constant air pressure of 300 kpa (gage) in the tank. if the head loss in the piping is 2 m of water, determine the discharge rate of the supply of water to the roof top in liters per second.