Based on your reading of the following, how does a triple save a fire department in time? A.) Triples can extinguish fires in shorter amounts of time.

B.) Triples can transport both equipment and crew at the same time.

C.) Triples can arrive at the scene of a fire faster.

D.) Triples can pump water faster than any other apparatus.

ANSWER: B

Determine the damped natural frequencies and the steady state response of a decoupled damped forced two degrees of freedom system. 10ä1 + 2q1 20q1 10 cos t; 10q2 +4q2 + 40q2 10 cos t

How much power could a wind turbine produce if it had the following specifications? cp = 0.45 -d=1.2kg/m3 d=50m v 5m/s

Estimate the change in specific internal energy au and specific enthalpy h from inlet to outlet for ethylene glycol (a liquid) flowing through each of the following devices: (a) a heat exchanger where the glycol temperature increases from 20 °c to 80 °c; (b) a pump operating at about 25 °c and increasing the glycol pressure from 100 kpa to 8 mpa.