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This document contains a tutorial on fluid mechanics with various problems related to pressure measurements, including calculations for absolute pressure in tanks and chambers, pressure inside a piston-cylinder device, and pressure differences in manometers. It includes specific scenarios involving atmospheric pressure, gauge pressure, and fluid properties. The tutorial aims to enhance understanding of fluid behavior in different systems.

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Tutorial 4

This document contains a tutorial on fluid mechanics with various problems related to pressure measurements, including calculations for absolute pressure in tanks and chambers, pressure inside a piston-cylinder device, and pressure differences in manometers. It includes specific scenarios involving atmospheric pressure, gauge pressure, and fluid properties. The tutorial aims to enhance understanding of fluid behavior in different systems.

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Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology

Fluid Mechanics

Tutorial – 4

1. A pressure gauge connected to a tank reads 500 kPa at a location where the atmospheric
pressure is 94 kPa. Determine the absolute pressure in the tank.
2. A vacuum gauge connected to a chamber reads 25 kPa at a location where the atmospheric
pressure is 97 kPa. Determine the absolute pressure in the chamber.
3. The piston of a vertical piston-cylinder device containing a gas has a mass of 40 kg and a
cross-sectional area of 0.012 m2. The local atmospheric pressure is 95 kPa, and the
gravitational acceleration is 9.81 m/s2. (a) Determine the pressure inside the cylinder. (b)
If some heat is transferred to the gas and its volume is doubled, do you expect the pressure
inside the cylinder to change?

4. A gas is contained in a vertical, frictionless piston cylinder device. The piston has a mass
of 5 kg and a cross-sectional area of 35 cm2. A compressed spring above the piston exerts
a force of 75 N on the piston. If the atmospheric pressure is 95 kPa, determine the pressure
inside the cylinder.
5. Consider a double-fluid manometer attached to an air pipe. If the specific gravity of one
fluid is 13.55, determine the specific gravity of the other fluid for the indicated absolute
pressure of air. Take the atmospheric pressure to be 100 kPa.

6. The gauge pressure of the air in the tank is measured to be 50 kPa. Determine the
differential height h of the mercury column.

7. The 500 kg load on the hydraulic lift is to be raised by pouring oil (𝜌 = 780 kg/m3) into a
thin tube. Determine how high h should be to begin to raise the weight.
8. The pressure difference between an oil pipe and a water pipe is measured by a double-fluid
manometer. For the given fluid heights and specific gravities, calculate the pressure
difference ΔP = PB − PA.

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