Mechanical Engineering
2018 · Paper 2
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Question 21
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Fatigue life of a material for a fully reversed loading condition is estimated from
where
is the stress amplitude in MPa and
is the failure life in cycles. The maximum allowable stress amplitude (in MPa) for a life of
cycles under the same loading condition is ______ (correct to two decimal places).Log in to check the answer
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The viscous laminar flow of air over a flat plate results in the formation of a boundary layer. The boundary layer thickness at the end of the plate of length L is
. When the plate length is increased to twice its original length, the percentage change in laminar boundary layer thickness at the end of the plate (with respect to
) is ________ (correct to two decimal places).Log in to check the answer
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An engine operates on the reversible cycle as shown in the figure. The work output from the engine (in kJ/cycle) is ______ (correct to two decimal places).

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