Ablock of mass m is undergoing shm on a horizontal, frictionless surface while attached to a light, horizontal spring. the spring has force constant k, and the amplitude of the shm is a. the block has v = 0, and x = +a at t = 0. it first reaches x = 0 when t=t/4, where t is the period of the motion. a) in terms of t, what is the time t when the block first reaches x=a/2?
b) the block has its maximum speed when t=t/4. what is the value of t when the speed of the block first reaches the value vmax/2?

Air enters a gas turbine with two stages of compression and two stages of expansion at 100 kpa and 17°c. this system uses a regenerator as well as reheating and intercooling – the intercooler returns the air to the inlet temperature. the pressure ratio across each compressor is 4 ; 300 kj/kg of heat are added to the air in each combustion chamber; and the regenerator operates perfectly while increasing the temperature of the cold air by 20°c. determine the system’s thermal efficiency. assume isentropic operations for all compressor and the turbine stages and use constant specific heats at room temperature. (0.378)