Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications
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Chapter 1, Problem 30P
The value of the gravitational acceleration g decreases with elevation from 9.807 m/s2 at sea level to 9.767 m/s2 at an altitude of 13.000 m. where large passenger planes cruse. Determine the percent reduction in the weight of an airplane cruising at 13,000 m relative to its weight at sea level
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The value of the gravitational acceleration g decreases with elevation from 9.807 m/s2 at sea level to 9.767 m/s2 at an altitude of 13,000 m, where large passenger planes cruise. Determine the percent reduction in the weight of an airplane cruising at 13,000 m relative to its weight at sea level.
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Accounting for this variation using the relation g= a- bz, where a =9.807 m/
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result of the variation of the gravitational acceleration g with elevation.
Accounting for this variation using the relation g = a - bz, where a =9.807 m/s2
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