For a rope obeying hooke's law show that the elastic potential energy stored in the rope is given by
e=1/2kx^2
where k is the elastic spring constant and x is the extension.

Which expression allows you to determine the mechanical advantage of an inclined plane? a. height of plane / input force b. length of plane / input force c. length of plane / height of plane d. height of plane / length of plane

Holes drilled several kilometers into earth’s crust provide direct evidence about earth’s interior in the form of

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)