Question: ( 6 0 pts ) The force required to maintain a polymeric fiber at a length L , when its unstretched length is L 0

(60 pts) The force required to maintain a polymeric fiber at a length L, when its unstretched length is L0, has been observed to be related to its temperature as follows:
F=T(L-L0),
where is a positive constant. The heat capacity of the fiber measured at the constant length L is given by:
CL=+T,
where and are parameters that depend only on the fiber length.
(a) Develop an equation that relates the change in entropy of the fiber with respect to temperature and length changes, i.e., evaluate the derivatives (delSdelT)L and (delSdelL)T.
(b) Evaluate the derivatives (delUdelT)L and (delUdelL)T.
(c) Develop an equation that relates the entropy of the fiber at a temperature T0 and an extension L0 to its entropy at any other temperature T and extension L.
(d) If the fiber at T=Ti and L=Li is stretched slowly and adiabatically until it attains a length Lf, what is the fiber temperature Tf?(Assume Tf-TiTi1)
(e) In polymer science and engineering, it is common to attribute the force necessary to stretch a fiber to energetic and entropic effects. The energetic force (i.e., that part of the force which, upon an isothermal extension of the fiber, increases its internal energy) is FU=(delUdelL)T, and the entropic force is FS=-T(delSdelL)T. Evaluate FU and FS for the fiber.
 (60 pts) The force required to maintain a polymeric fiber at

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