Unit Conversion

Problems

practice

  1. A 20 km long, 8 m wide, two-lane highway is to be paved with a 4 cm thick layer of asphalt. A fleet of three dumptrucks is to be employed, each with an empty mass of 20 metric tons and a carrying capacity of 20 m3. Asphalt with a density of 0.72 g/cm3 will be used. Determine …
    1. the total volume of asphalt needed,
    2. the number of dumptruck loads required, and
    3. the gross mass of each truck.
  2. Determine which of the following expressions are dimensionally consistent.
         
    v2 = 2ax x = vt + ½at3
    tan θ =  v
    x
         
  3. Write something else.
  4. Write something completely different.

algebraic

☞ For each of the following problems let a [m/s2], v [m/s], and x [m].

  1. Determine the SI unit of each of the following quantities.
         
    v2
    ax
    at2
    2
    2π  √  x
    a
         
  2. Determine which of the following expressions are dimensionally consistent.
         
    v = xt x = vt t = vx
         
    x = at + ½at2 x = vt + ½at3 v2 = 2ax2
         
    x
    t =  √  2x
    a
    t =  √  v2
    ax
         
    tan θ =  x
    y
    tan θ =  y
    x
    		 
         
  3. Determine the SI units of the constants C1 and C2 so that the following expressions are dimensionally correct.
         
    x = C1 + C2t x = C1t + ½C2t2 v = C1t + C2t2
         
    x = C1 sin (2πC2t) v = ½C1e−C2t  
         
  4. In the formula below the symbol U is measured in kgm2/s2 and x stands for length. What are the units of k?

    U = ½kx2

  5. In the formula below the symbol T is measured in seconds and l stands for length. What are the units of g?
     
    T = 2π √  ℓ
    g
     
  6. Derive the unit for the quantity P given the following equations …
                           
    v =  x   a =  v   F = ma   W = Fx   P =  W
    t t t
                           
    with the following units …
           
    x meters   [m]
    t seconds   [s]
    m kilograms   [kg]
           
  7. Derive the unit for the quantity g given the following equations …
             
    v = kx   U = ½kx2   U = mgh
             
    with the following units …
           
    x, h meters   [m]
    m kilograms   [kg]
    F     [kg m/s2]
           

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