One end of a glass rod is kept in boiling water and the other end in ice water until temperature equilibrium is reached. then the two ends are switched, so that the hot end is in ice water and the cold end in boiling water. how does the temperature of the rod change with time? is the temperature harmonic?

Which explanation describes the forces involved for a person to walk down the sidewalk? a. the person's feet push backward on the sidewalk; the sidewalk pushes backward on the person. b. the person's feet push forward on the sidewalk; the sidewalk does not push on the person. c. the person's feet push backward on the sidewalk; the sidewalk pushes forward on the person. d. the person's feet push forward on the sidewalk; the sidewalk pushes forward on the person.

As part of an industrial process, air as an ideal gas at 10 bar, 400k expands at steady state through a valve to a pressure of 4 bar. the mass flow rate of air is 0.5 kg/s. the air then passes through a heat exchanger where it is cooled to a temperature of 295k with negligible change in pressure. the valve can be modeled as a throttling process, and kinetic and potential energy effects can be neglected. (a) for a control volume enclosing the valve and heat exchanger and enough of the local surroundings that the heat transfer occurs at the ambient temperature of 295 k, determine the rate of entropy production, in kw/k. (b) if the expansion valve were replaced by an adiabatic turbine operating isentropically, what would be the entropy production? compare the results of parts (a) and (b) and discuss.

Which car has the most kinetic energy? a. a car of mass 1000 kg with a speed of 3 m/s b. a car of mass 2000 kg with speed 7 m/s c. a car of mass 1000 kg with speed 7 m/s d. a car of mass 2000 kg with speed 3 m/s