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c. The weight of a bar of pure (at least 99.5%) gold (consider a 1 kg f bar and a 100 oz bar)
d. Distance traveled by a body in 1 second if moving at 1 m/s (use meters)
1.53 Research the following test codes (these are available in most libraries). Write a short (200-word)
report that describes the intent and an overview of the code:
a. ASTM F 558-88 (Air Performance of Vacuum Cleaners)
b. ANSI Z21.86 (Gas Fired Space Heating Appliances)
c. ISO 10770-1:1998 (Test Methods for Hydraulic Control Valves)
d. ANSI/ASME PTC19.1-2005 (Test Uncertainty)
e. ISO 7401:1988 (Road Vehicles: Lateral Response Test Methods)
f. Your local municipal building code or housing ordinance
g. Any other code assigned by your instructor
1.54 Show how the following functions can be transformed into a linear curve of the form Y ¼ a 1 X þ a o
where a 1 and a 0 are constants. Let m, b, and c be constants.
a. y ¼ bx
m
b. y ¼ be
mx
c. y ¼ b þ c
ffiffiffi
x
m
p
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c. The weight of a bar of pure (at least 99.5%) gold (consider a 1 kg f bar and a 100 oz bar)
d. Distance traveled by a body in 1 second if moving at 1 m/s (use meters)
1.53 Research the following test codes (these are available in most libraries). Write a short (200-word)
report that describes the intent and an overview of the code:
a. ASTM F 558-88 (Air Performance of Vacuum Cleaners)
b. ANSI Z21.86 (Gas Fired Space Heating Appliances)
c. ISO 10770-1:1998 (Test Methods for Hydraulic Control Valves)
d. ANSI/ASME PTC19.1-2005 (Test Uncertainty)
e. ISO 7401:1988 (Road Vehicles: Lateral Response Test Methods)
f. Your local municipal building code or housing ordinance
g. Any other code assigned by your instructor
1.54 Show how the following functions can be transformed into a linear curve of the form Y ¼ a 1 X þ a o
where a 1 and a 0 are constants. Let m, b, and c be constants.
a. y ¼ bx
m
b. y ¼ be
mx
c. y ¼ b þ c
ffiffiffi
x
m
p
40 Chapter 1 Basic Concepts of Measurement Methods