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Force and Tension Calculations in Fluids

The document provides the solution to a physics problem involving calculating the force on the bottom of a cube submerged in water and attached to a tether. It first presents the equations for pressure as a function of depth and uses these to calculate the pressure and force on the bottom of the cube. It then uses a free body diagram and force balance equation to calculate the tension in the tether, taking into account the force on the bottom of the cube, force on the top of the cube, and weight of the cube. The final results are a force of 270.894 N on the bottom of the cube and a tension of 0.282 N in the tether.

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Force and Tension Calculations in Fluids

The document provides the solution to a physics problem involving calculating the force on the bottom of a cube submerged in water and attached to a tether. It first presents the equations for pressure as a function of depth and uses these to calculate the pressure and force on the bottom of the cube. It then uses a free body diagram and force balance equation to calculate the tension in the tether, taking into account the force on the bottom of the cube, force on the top of the cube, and weight of the cube. The final results are a force of 270.894 N on the bottom of the cube and a tension of 0.282 N in the tether.

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Problem 3.

5 [Difficulty: 2]

Given: Data on system

Find: Force on bottom of cube; tension in tether

Solution:
dp
Basic equation = g or, for constant p = g h where h is measured downwards
dy

The absolute pressure at the interface is pinterface = patm + SGoil g hoil

Then the pressure on the lower surface is (


pL = pinterface + g hL = patm + g SGoil hoil + hL )
4 3
For the cube V = 125 mL V = 1.25 10 m
1
3
Then the size of the cube is d = V d = 0.05 m and the depth in water to the upper surface is hU = 0.3 m

Hence hL = hU + d hL = 0.35 m where hL is the depth in water to the lower surface

2 2
The force on the lower surface is FL = pL A where A = d A = 0.0025 m

(
FL = patm + g SGoil hoil + hL A
)
3 N kg m N s
2
FL = 101 10
2
+ 1000 9.81 ( 0.8 0.5 m + 0.35 m) 0.0025 m
2 3 2 kg m
m m s

FL = 270.894 N Note: Extra decimals needed for computing T later!

For the tension in the tether, an FBD gives Fy = 0 FL FU W T = 0 or T = FL FU W

(
where FU = patm + g SGoil hoil + hU A
)
Note that we could instead compute (
F = FL FU = g SGoil hL hU A ) and T = F W

Using FU
3 N kg m N s
2
FU = 101 10
2
+ 1000 9.81 ( 0.8 0.5 m + 0.3 m) 0.0025 m
2 3 2 kg m
m m s

FU = 269.668 N Note: Extra decimals needed for computing T later!

For the oak block (Table A.1) SGoak = 0.77 so W = SGoak g V

2
kg m 4 3 N s
W = 0.77 1000 9.81 1.25 10 m W = 0.944 N
3 2 kg m
m s

T = FL FU W T = 0.282 N

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