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Conservation of Mass and - Energy: Problem 3.5

The document is a physics problem about calculating the potential energy and velocity of a 500 kg pile driver. It is raised 3 meters above the ground and then dropped to drive a piling into the ground. Using the equation that change in kinetic energy equals the negative change in potential energy, the student calculates that the pile driver's potential energy at its maximum height is 14,700 J and its velocity just before impact is 7.67 m/s.

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Conservation of Mass and - Energy: Problem 3.5

The document is a physics problem about calculating the potential energy and velocity of a 500 kg pile driver. It is raised 3 meters above the ground and then dropped to drive a piling into the ground. Using the equation that change in kinetic energy equals the negative change in potential energy, the student calculates that the pile driver's potential energy at its maximum height is 14,700 J and its velocity just before impact is 7.67 m/s.

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Chapter III. CONSERVATION OF MASS AND.ENERGY

Problem 3.5

A student is watching pilings being driven into the ground. From the size of the pile
driver the student calculates the mass to be 500 kg. ,The distance that the Pile driver
is raised is measured to be 3 m. Determine the potential energy of the pile drive at
its greatest height (the piling is considered the datum). Find the driver velocity just
prior to impact with the piling.

Given: The mass of a pile driver and the distance it falls.

Find: The pile driver's velocity just before impact.

Sketch & Given Data:

Assumptions: 1) The pile driver is a closed system.

2) There is no heat or work.

3) The change of internal energy is zero.

4) The gravitational acceleration is constant at 9.8 m/s2•

Analysis: The first law for a closed system is:

Q = .dU + .6.KE + ME + W

Apply assumptions (2) & (3), yielding:

.6.KE = -.dPE

The initial velocity is zero and the final distance z2, is zero.

v2 = 7.67 m/s

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