Tutorial Problems
1. What is the pressure at a point 10m below the free surface in a fluid that has a
variable density in kg/m3 given by , in which and h is the
distance in meters measured from the free surface.
2. Express a pressure of 50Kpa in a) mm of mercury b)m of water c)m of acetylene
tetra bromide, S = 2.94.
3. Determine the heights of column of water; kerosene, S = 0.83; and acetylene tetra
bromide, S = 2.94 equivalent to 300mmHg.
4. The tube in fig.3 is filled with oil. Determine the pressure at A and B in meters of
water.
5. Calculate the pressure at A, B, C and D of fig.4 in Pascals.
6. In fig.1 S1 = 0.86, S2 = 1.0, h1=150mm, and h2 = [Link] PA in mmHg gage. If
the barometric reading is 720mmHg, what is PA in meters of water absolute?
Fig.1 Fig.2
7. Gas is contained in vessel A of the fig.1 with water being the manometer fluid and
h2 = 75mm. Determine the pressure at A in mmHg.
8. In fig.2, S1=1.0, S2 = 0.95, S3 =1.0, h1= h2 = 280mm and h3 = 1m. Compute PA-PB
in mm of water.
9. In problem 8 find the gage difference h2 for PA- PB = 450 mmH2O.
10. In the fig. 5 A contains water, and the manometer fluid has a specific gravity of
2.94. When the left meniscus is at zero on the scale, PA = 100mmH2O. Find the
reading of the right meniscus for PA= 8KPa with no adjustment of the U-tube or
scale.
11. In Fig.6 find the pressure at A in pascals. What is the pressure of the air in the
tube?
12. The differential mercury manometer of fig. 7 is connected pipe A containing
gasoline (S = 0.65), and to pipe B containing water. Determine the differential
reading, h, corresponding to a pressure in A of 20KPa and a vacuum of 150mmHg
in B.
13. Determine the angle of the inclined tube shown in Fig. 8 if the pressure at A is 2
psi greater than that at B.
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Test 1
1. A circular disk of radius R is kept at a small height h above a fixed bed by means of a
layer of oil of dynamic viscosity μ. If the disk is rotated at an angular velocity ω,
obtain an expression for the viscous torque on the disk. Assume linear variation of
velocity with in the oil film.
2. In the figure below, vessel A and B, contain water under pressure of 2.76bar and
1.38bar respectively. What is the deflection of mercury in the gauge (i.e h =?)
3. i) Determine the resultant force due to the water acting on the 1m by 2m rectangular
area AB and the center of pressure of the resultant force shown in the diagram below.
ii) Determine the resultant force due to the water acting on the1.25m by 2m
triangular area CD and the center of pressure of the resultant force from the surface of
the water shown in the diagram below. The apex of the triangle is at C.