A latching mechanism has steel mating surfaces of 100 and 300 Bhn rubbing back and forth over a distance of 30 mm each time the latch is operated. Lubrication is questionable (the surfaces are supposed to get a drop of oil every few months). The latch is operated an average of 46 times per day, every day. Required:
Estimate the volume of metal in mm3 that will wear away from the softer steel member during one year of use if the compressive load between the surfaces is F = 198 N.

Acommercial grade cubical freezer, 4 m on a side, has a composite wall consisting of an exterior sheet of 5.0-mm thick plain carbon steel (kst= 60.5 w/m k), an intermediate layer of 100-mm thick polyurethane insulation (kins 0.02 w/m k), and an inner sheet of 5.0- mm thick aluminium alloy (kal polyurethane insulation and both metallic sheets are each characterized by a thermal contact resistance of r 2.5 x 104 m2 k/w. (a) what is the steady-state cooling load that must be maintained by the refrigerator under conditions for which the outer and inner surface temperatures are 25°c and -5°c, respectively? (b) for power saving purpose, which wall material should be increased/reduced in. thickness in order to reduce 50% of the cooling load found in part (a)? redesign the thickness of the proposed material. 177 w/m-k). adhesive interfaces between the q=575.93 w