Four rubber tires of outer radius 0.5 m, inner radius 0.1 m, and width 0.2 m are inflated with air to a gauge pressure of 200 kPa. The tires are then attached to a truck and the truck is placed on the ground at sea level. The bottom of the tires very quickly squish by 5 centimeters but the tires retain their shape otherwise. What is the total mass of the truck and tires in
kg
?
Details:
The acceleration due to gravity is
−
9
.
8
m
/
s
2
.
The truck's weight is distributed equally on all four tires.
Assume air is completely made up of
O
2
and
N
2
. (Hint: This information is necessary for this problem.)
Atmospheric pressure at sea level is 101.325 kPa.
You may neglect any 'surface tension' of the tires.
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why did u take it as adiabatic plz explain.......
Nice problem!
There is a typo somewhere near the end...
CORRECTED STATEMENT:
The area on which this final pressure acts is,
A
=
0
.
2
×
2
0
.
5
2
−
0
.
4
5
2
=
0
.
0
8
7
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7
7
9
m
2
v nice
shouldn't the area on which the final pressure will act be multiplied by 2....?? i mean A=0.2 * 2 * √(0.5^2-0.45^2 )
Could anyone please explain me where I have gone wrong. I conserved energy between the initial and final states. I considered the entire truck as a system.I am not listing the equations obtained by me in detail but just giving a fair idea of what I have tried. Since the process is an adiabatic one we have:
Work done by all external forces=change in internal energy of system Thus Work done by gravity+Work done by external atmospheric pressure=change in internal energy of the gas
The work done by the gas is simply the atmospheric pressure multiplied by the the reduction in volume.I also used the adiabatic relation T V γ − 1 = c o n s t a n t while calculating the change in internal energy of the gas. However I obtained a completely different answer. Please help! Any help will be greatly appreciated!
Hi Karthik, it is a little hard to see where you've gone wrong. Can you describe your work in some more detail? For instance, is there a particular point where you stop agreeing with Anish's solution?
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First of all, let us calculate the Initial Volume.
Note: I shall leave the geometrical calculations to the reader.
V 1 = π ( 0 . 5 2 − 0 . 1 2 ) × 0 . 2 = 0 . 1 5 0 7 9 m 3
The change in volume is clearly the volume of the squisshed part (volume of the partial cylinder)
Δ V = A r e a × 0 . 2 = ( A s e c t o r − A t r i a n g l e ) × 0 . 2 = 2 . 9 3 6 3 × 1 0 − 3 m 3
⇒ V 2 = V 1 − Δ V = 0 . 1 4 7 8 6 m 3
Now comes the key part.
Note that the problem mentions that the process is very fast.
Immediately, Adiabatic process comes into our mind.
P V γ = C o n s t a n t
Also,
γ = f f + 2 , where f is the degree of freedom
Since the gas is diatomic ( O 2 and N 2 ),
f = 5
Thus,
γ = 5 7
We also know,
Total Pressure = Gauge Pressure + Atmospheric Pressure
P 1 = 1 0 1 . 3 2 5 + 2 0 0 k P a = 3 0 1 3 2 5 P a
Using all these values,
P 1 V 1 γ = P 2 V 2 γ
⇒ P 2 = 3 0 9 7 1 7 . 0 5 6 3 P a
Now,
The area on which this final pressure acts is,
A = 0 . 2 × 0 . 5 2 − 0 . 4 5 2 = 0 . 0 8 7 1 7 7 9 m 2
Thus,
F = P 2 A = 2 7 0 0 0 . 5 0 3 6 2 N
Since there are 4 tires,
F n e t = 4 F = 1 0 8 0 0 2 . 0 1 4 5 N
Hence,
M t o t a l = g F = 1 1 0 2 0 . 6 1 3 ≈ 1 1 0 2 1 K g