Two pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2) as an ideal gas executes a Carnot power cycle while operating between thermal reservoirs at 540 and 100oF. The pressures at the initial and final states of the isothermal expansion are 400 and 200 Ib/in2, respectively. The specific heat ratio is k - 1.24. Determine the thermal efficiency, the work for the isothermal expansion, in Btu, and the work for the adiabatic expansion, in Btu.

Tom is having a problem with his washing machine. he notices that the machine vibrates violently at a frequency of 1500 rpm due to an unknown rotating unbalance. the machine is mounted on 4 springs each having a stiffness of 10 kn/m. tom wishes to add an undamped vibration absorber attached by a spring under the machine the machine working frequency ranges between 800 rpm to 2000 rpm and its total mass while loaded is assumed to be 80 kg a) what should be the mass of the absorber added to the machine so that the natural frequency falls outside the working range? b) after a first trial of an absorber using a mass of 35 kg, the amplitude of the oscillation was found to be 10 cm. what is the value of the rotating unbalance? c) using me-3.5 kg.m, find the optimal absorber (by minimizing its mass). what would be the amplitude of the oscillation of the absorber?