Non-rigid airships known as blimps have occasionally been used for transportation. A blimp is essentially a balloon

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Non-rigid airships known as blimps have occasionally been used for transportation. A blimp is essentially a balloon of volume V filled with helium. The blimp experiences a buoyancy force F = (ρatm − ρHe)Vg, where ρatm is the density of the surrounding air and g ≅ 9.8m/s2. The blimp maintains its shape because the pressure of the helium pHe is kept higher than the pressure of the surrounding atmosphere patm. A modern blimp with a volume V = 5740m3 can lift a total mass m = 5825 kg at temperature 0 C and patm = 1 atm. Assuming both air and helium behave as ideal gases, estimate the pressure of the helium gas inside the blimp. Assuming the blimp’s volume is kept constant, how much mass can it lift at 20 C?

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The Physics of Energy

ISBN: 978-1107016651

1st edition

Authors: Robert L. Jaffe, Washington Taylor

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