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Pressure Calculations in Fluid Mechanics

This document contains 6 questions about calculating pressure, force, and pressure differences using formulas involving density, gravitational acceleration, cross-sectional area, and liquid depth. The questions involve calculating pressure and force on surfaces submerged in water or other liquids, as well as pressure differences measured by manometers and U-tubes using various liquid depths and densities.

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Pressure Calculations in Fluid Mechanics

This document contains 6 questions about calculating pressure, force, and pressure differences using formulas involving density, gravitational acceleration, cross-sectional area, and liquid depth. The questions involve calculating pressure and force on surfaces submerged in water or other liquids, as well as pressure differences measured by manometers and U-tubes using various liquid depths and densities.

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1Classwork / Assignment: Pressure.

In this question, density of water,   1000kgm 3 and gravitational field strength,


g  10 Nkg 1 )

1) The base of a rectangular vessel measures 10 cm x 18 cm. Water is then poured into a depth
of 4 cm.
a) What is the pressure on the base?
b) Calculate the force acting on the base.
2) A television tube has a flat rectangular end of size 0.40 m by 0.30 m. Calculate the force
exerted on this end by the atmosphere, if the atmoshperic pressure is 1.01 x 10 5 Nm-2.
3) Calculate the pressure exerted at the point of a drawing-pin if pushed against a board with a
force of 20 N, assuming the area of the point to be 0.1mm 2. Give your answet in Pascals.
4) An open U-tube pressure gauge containing water shows a difference in level of 15 cm when
connected to a gas supply. Find, in Nm -2, the excess pressure of the gas above atmospheric
pressure.
5) a) A manometer connected to a gas supply reads 12 cm. Calculate the pressure, in Pascals.
b) If xylene was used as the manometric liquid, what would be the reading of the
insturment? (Density of xylene = 880 kgm -3)
6) A tank with a base area of 4 m2 is connected at the bottom to a vertical tube of cross-
sectional area 0.01 m2 by a horizontal tube. A liquid of density 1000 kgm -3 is poured into the
tank until the depth of the liquid in the tank is 0.5 m.
a) Calculate the pressure due to the liquid on the base of the tank.
b) Calculate the pressure due to the liquid at the base of the vertical tube.
c) Calculate the force of the liquid acting on the base of the tank.
d) Calculate the force of the liquid acting at the base of the vertical tube.
e) If the atmospheric pressure at the time were 120 000 Pa, what would be the total
pressure on the base of the tank?

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