A tank is an armored fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat. Tank designs are a balance of heavy firepower, strong armor, and good battlefield mobility provided by tracks and a powerful engine; usually their main armament is mounted in a turret. They are a mainstay of modern 20th and 21st century ground forces and a key part of combined arms combat.
Modern tanks are versatile mobile land weapons platforms whose main armament is a large-caliber tank gun mounted in a rotating gun turret, supplemented by machine guns or other ranged weapons such as anti-tank guided missiles or rocket launchers. They have heavy vehicle armor which provides protection for the crew, the vehicle's munition storage, fuel tank and propulsion systems. The use of tracks rather than wheels provides improved operational mobility which allows the tank to overcome rugged terrain and adverse conditions such as mud and ice/snow better than wheeled vehicles, and thus be more flexibly positioned at advantageous locations on the battlefield. These features enable the tank to perform well in a variety of intense combat situations, simultaneously both offensively (with direct fire from their powerful main gun) and defensively (as fire support and defilade for friendly troops due to the near invulnerability to common infantry small arms and good resistance against most heavier weapons), all while maintaining the mobility needed to exploit changing tactical situations. Fully integrating tanks into modern military forces spawned a new era of combat: armored warfare.
Until the arrival of the main battle tank, tanks were typically categorized either by weight class (light, medium, heavy or superheavy tanks) or doctrinal purpose (breakthrough-, cavalry-, infantry- or reconnaissance tanks). Some being larger and very heavily armored and with large guns, while others are smaller, lightly armored, and equipped with a smaller caliber and lighter gun. These smaller tanks move over terrain with speed and agility and can perform a reconnaissance role in addition to engaging enemy targets. The smaller, faster tank would not normally engage in battle with a larger, heavily armored tank, except during a surprise flanking manoeuvre.
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I am exploring using Ultrasonic for LGP tank level measurement. I went through lots of readings, in particular use of SRF02 sensor. But, It's not conclusive.
Anyone has been exposed to solving such problem? If yes, kindly share return on your experience.
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Consider water waves refraction in a ripple tank. What happen if we increased the ripple frequency. I mean the refraction angle would change or not? Also, propagation speed will change or not?
I had seen a photograph in PSSC Physics. According to that, the refraction angle was reducing if we...
I was not really sure as to whether to ask this question here or the h/w forum as its something I am personally trying to understand. However, I shall let the admin decided.
The question comes from a book called :
. The specific question I have an issue with is not the question itself but the...
I assume the water to start flowing from rest at position 1, hence ##v_1 = 0##. Applying the continuity equation, ##A_1 v_1 = A_2 v_2##, we find the (wrong) result that the velocity at position 2 is ##v_2 = 0## also! (We assume that ##A_2## is small but finite)
Hence, to answer the question...
how can i find the rate of change of temperature of the tank for a superheater? Or is there any relationship between the change in temperature of the tank when it is filled with hot gas?
I am designing an inlet tube and a screened outlet for a cylindrical tank with a top opening hole (which determines the water level). I hope I could receive some suggestions and advice on the approach or some texts/equations I should check out. I am still in the process of learning fluid...
This is a past exam paper Q.
I think i might be missing info though.
For i) i use q=UAdT
A= 35m2
dT= (80-20)
They haven't given U but if i know answer should be 1,050W
So if i set U to 0.5
(0.5)(35)(60)
= 1050W
Am i missing something or could I calculate U with the info given?
Also ii)
Use...
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I was hoping someone could help with understanding how fluids level out under atmospheric pressure. For example:-
Below is a picture of a tank of water with a closed door at the bottom, the door leads to an inclined pipe that is closed off at the end there is another pipe connected...
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So we have a tank with input volumetric flow and output volumetric flow
The system is controlled by the height of water in the tank
h(t) = hdes + (√h(t))*(-A2*(√2g) / A1) - h'(t)
I am trying to find a transfer function for this system but I do not...
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I was hoping someone could help me calculate the moment a tank wall experiences.
I have the following question:-
Tank contains water with dimensions:
4m Wide
12m Long
3m Tall
Determine the moment at the bottom of the long side at its centre.
I have drawn a sketch of the tank and...
Homework Statement: An open tank with a rectangular side 1 m wide and 4 m high is filled with a liquid of variable specific weight, γ, with γ = 50 + 2y (N/m3), where y is measured vertically downward from the free surface. Find the magnitude of the force on the side of the tank.
Homework...
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For my freshman engineering in design class, my group is trying to make an airtight tank that can withstand some pressure that is pumped in. For our prototype, we built a tank out of acrylic sheets and glued it together with epoxy glue, but it popped the second we pumped a...
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I was hoping someone could me with the following question:-
A rectangular tank contains water.
It is 12m long, 4m wide and has a height of 3m.
If the tank is full determine:-
1) The Force on the long side
2) The Force on the short side
3) The moment at the bottom of the long...
The Propane industry mandates that a tank not be filled more than 80%. The question I have is this: how do I calculate the limit of liquid propane in a standard 3800 liter tank given a 30 degree rise in temperature (from 273 K to 303 K) such that it will not rupture the tank? For example, can I...
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Looking for the best way to calculate TDH for some rainwater catchment systems I am designing in Texas. Some homes we are installing these systems on have large footprints, between 6,000 to 8,000 sq feet. The large rainwater collection tanks we install range between 30,000 and...
I'm trying to find a heat transfer equation that includes time. Metal tank, partially filled with liquid. I need to find the time it would take for the temperature on the outside of the tank to drop from θ2 to θ1, given thickness, metal and liquid's properties, and tank dimensions
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If it is assumed the temperature of a shower is to be 43°C and the electric shower consumes 50 litres of water at that temperature, then the Energy required for an electric shower would be:
QElectric Shower = mcΔT
QElectric Shower = 50 * 4.181 * (43-10)
QElectric Shower = 6.89945 kJ or...
Reading recently a Russian MOD aerospace journal, i stumbled upon (pretty unrealistic) scheme to hard-land payloads (metal ingots) on moon.
It involve catching 1.7 km/s slugs with the pipe filled by regolith or water, and even more hardcore option of digging up the payloads embedded in the...
In the process of developing a tank venting program and starting to investigate how to incorporate tank gas expansion cooling I realized that since: T=P/nR with R constant and the reduction of P and n directly proportional then this equation implies all tank ventings are isothermal. What am I...
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I have a rainwater collection system where we have to pump water to the main cistern during a rain event. The system works great the way I have designed it and the rainwater is awesome to use in the house and water the plants and grass. The length of pipe I pump the water is almost 300...
Based on my understanding,
Top Tank Refilling
Advantage: Atmospheric Pressure
Disadvantage: High Head (Requires more distance, thus more Work since W = f x d)
Bottom Tank Refilling
Advantage: Low Head
Disadvantage: High Static Pressure (Requires more Force, thus more Work since W = f x d)...
I have a vacuum tank at work that I am trying to determine the flow rate and pressure curve of when I open up the tank and I just cannot figure these equations out.
Environment: average office space
Atmospheric pressure: 29.92 inHg (per weather information)
Temperature: 72°F
Tank info...
We have a cylindrical water tank that spins over its axis of symmetry with constant angular velocity ω. Here's a diagram:
We wish to find:
1 - The tangential and radial components of the velocity of the water as it leaves the tank.
2 - The radius r reached by the water.
I'm not sure at all...
I first found the partial pressure of ethanol at 70 degrees using Antoine coefficients:
Coefficients:
A
7.68117
B
1332.04
C
199.2
Equation:
And found a partial pressure of 0.7 bar...
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I'm really struggling with the below question - I'm not sure if I've taken the correct approach to determining the model as there may be an easier way to do this?
Any help in much appreciated, please let me know if I have submitted this template correctly as this if my first time...
Hello! I will try to formulate myself as clearly as possible, but english isn't my main language. I'm having trouble solving this problem that should be relatively easy to solve.
Let's say we have a submerged pressure tank, constantly fed with air through a compressor, so it's maintained at a...
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So, I want to make a fuel tank for a motorcycle with a glass window in it. I have seen a custom bike with a completely pyrex tank, so I know it's not impossible. My current questions are:
Are there any important regulations for fuel tank construction which I will need to...
Hopefully someone can help me with finding the answer to the 2 related questions/problems below:
QUESTION/PROBLEM
how long will it take a 200 gallon tank of water to warm up to 70 degrees Fahrenheit, in a room with an ambient temperature = 80 degrees Fahrenheit with 50% relative humidity?
how...
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We tried to make some quantitative measurements with a Pasco ripple tank system, a video camera and software for video analysis. We generated circular waves and tracked the propagation of a crest, from which the software computed the phase velocity:
We used 5 Hz, 10 Hz and 20 Hz...
Here is a fun question for you heat transfer experts.
I have a high pressure waterjet firing into a open tank of water. The hydraulic power of the jet entering the tank is known, along with the flow rate of the jet entering into the tank. All of the energy of the jet is dissipated into the...
At work, we have a cylindrical tank that holds water. The tank is 5 feet round and about 6 feet long putting the highest part of the tank at about 6 feet off the ground. The tank holds 1000 gallons of water. There is a valve on the bottom that I am needing to test and I can’t seem to find a...
I have a tank that is 250 Cubic Feet.
The tank is under vacuum (1x10-5 Torr).. which is actually 1.93368e-7 psia.
How much Argon, in cubic feet, does it take to back-fill to atmosphere or 14.7 psia?
Ambient temperature in tank is 90 degrees.
What would cause a hole to form in the top aluminium tank of a radiator of an earthmoving machine. The tank material is 6mm thick and is made from 1050 aluminium plate. The material around the hole has bubbles almost like pitting corrosion or like somebody went and took a flame to it. The rest...
Homework Statement
A hinged water storage is shown below. Its top side is denoted as C, the narrow side as B and the long side as A. Assume water density is 1000 kg/m3 and gravity is 9.81 m/s2
Side A is hinged at the bottom edge and secured using a clasp at its top edge.
Dimensions are: L =...
Can there be alternative materials for Aquarium fish tank instead of glass?
Example : Stainless steel, Aluminium Plastic, Concrete etc
If yes, which materials can be evaluated?
Homework Statement
A pyramid weighing 4000 lb has a base 6ft square and an altitude of 4ft. The base covers an opening in the floor of a tank in which there is water 4 ft deep. Underneath the floor of the tank and on the water surface there is air at atmospheric pressure. What vertical force is...
One inlet pipe fills an empty tank in 5 hours. A second inlet pipe fills the same tank in 3 hours. If both pipes are used together, how long will it take to fill 2/3 of the tank?
My Work:
Let x = time when both pipes are used together
(1/5) + (1/3) = 1/x
I found x to be 15/8 hours.
Must I...
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I am working on a project which requires me to determine the torque on the impeller shaft of stirred tank. Currently as I see it, there are 2 viable options:
To measure the torque in the shaft using a torque transducer such as this one. This is by far the most accurate means of...
Homework Statement
A pressurised air tank supplies compressed air to an air engine. When the air engine is not running the absolute pressure in the tank is 300 bar and the temperature of the air is 60°C.
Calculate:
(a) The temperature of the air in the high pressure air tank when the air...
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I'm trying to do some stress analysis on a tank filled with water, I have split the walls into sections and applied the appropriate pressures. However, I'm confused as to whether I apply the weight of the water+pressure at that height difference to the bottom of the plate; or will the...
I am currently modeling the altitude that a water rocket can attain. In order to do this i am first modeling the the thrust phase.
Due to the water mass decreasing with time (the same goes for the pressure - it decreases over time as the water is expelled out of the nozzle).
This is an...
I am struggling with what seemed to be a simple problem and any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have to determine the amount of pressure created when air is displaced buy gasoline flowing into a tank.
The gas enters the tank at 10gpm. The entrance has a diameter of 1.5" and the vent has a...
I am trying to figure out how you can subcool a dewar of liquid oxygen (vacuum insulated) just by releasing the pressure sitting on top of it. The liquid I am thinking of in this case is liquid oxygen, which boils at -297.33 F at 1 atm. Let's say I fill a dewar with LO2, then pressurize that...
First off, this is not a homework question nor assignment. I'm working on building a solar shower to mount on my car out of PVC, and don't feel like pumping large volumes of air with a bike pump. I'm looking at a portable air pump, or compressed gas in a tank with a regulator (and blow off...
Hi, this problem should be very simple: I have a tank containing water. (going in and out). I want to write the differential equations to see what happen to the temperature and the level of the vessel if the flow of water is not constant.
the system should be:
$$A \frac {dl} {dt} = F_{in} -...
A large tank filled with air is compressed to 49 PSI. A valve is open and air escapes through the hole (d = 0.04 ft) to the atmosphere. How long will it take for the compressed air to reach 29 PSI.
Assume constant temperature.
Not exactly sure how to approach this problem since the flow rate...
How do hydrogen powered cars prevent the permeation of hydrogen through the valve used to fill the car's tank with hydrogen? Is a regular check valve used or is the valve special in some way?
I having difficulty wrapping my head around a concept that I wish to solve. I have a 10L tank of compressed air at 100psi. When an outlet hole of cross-sectional area of 0.115 in^2 is opened, I wish to develop a curve of pressure vs. time from t=0 until pressure drops to atmospheric. Many things...