The prismatic bar has a cross-sectional area a. if it is subjected to a distributed axial loading that increases linearly from w = 0 at x = 0 to w = w0 at x = a, and then decreases linearly to w = 0 at x = 2a, determine the average normal stress in the bar as a function of x for a < x ≤ 2a.

If steel is more dense that lake water, why can a boat float

Global warming will produce rising sea levels partly due to melting ice caps but also due to the expansion of water as average ocean temperatures rise. to get some idea of the size of this effect, calculate the change in length of a column of water 1.00 km high for a temperature increase of 1.00ºc. note that this calculation is only approximate because ocean warming is not uniform with depth. (answer in ×10^{-3} −3 m)

How many excess electrons must be present on each sphere if the magnitude of the force of repulsion between them is 4.57×10−21 newtons?