Consider a cycle tyre being filled with air by a pump. Let V be the volume of the tyre (fixed) and at each stroke of the pump ΔV(<<V)of air is transferred to the tube adiabatically. What is the work done when the pressure in the tube is increased from p1 to p2p1 to p2?

Hint: Use the equation of the adiabatic process.
Step 1: Find the change in volume of the tyre.
Let, the volume is increased by ΔV and pressure is increased by Δp by a stroke. For just before and after a stroke, we can write,
                                  p1V1γ=p2V2γ                  p1V1γ=p2V2γ
                    p(V+V)γ=(p+p)Vγ               p(V+ΔV)γ=(p+Δp)Vγ                   ( volume is fixed)
               pVγ(1+VV)γ=p               pVγ(1+ΔVV)γ=p(1+pp)Vγ(1+Δpp)Vγ
                  pVγ(1+γVV)=pVγ(1+pρ)                  pVγ(1+γΔVV)=pVγ(1+Δpρ)                  (Δv<<v)
               γVV=ppV=1γVpp               γΔVV=ΔppΔV=1γVpΔp
                dV=1γVpdp                dV=1γVpdp
Step 2: Find the work done.
Hence, the work done in increasing the pressure from p1 to p2p1 to p2:
                          W =p2p1pdV=p2p1p×1γVpdpW =p2p1pdV=p2p1p×1γVpdp
    =Vγp2p1dp=Vγ(p2-p1)    =Vγp2p1dp=Vγ(p2p1)
                       W=(p2-p1)γVW=(p2p1)γV