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Fluid Mechanics Module Test Questions

The document contains a sample module test with various questions related to fluid mechanics, including buoyancy, Pascal's law, gauge pressure, hydrostatic paradox, water forces on panels, iceberg stability, metacentric height, and center of pressure. Each question requires calculations or derivations based on given parameters and figures. The test assesses understanding of fundamental principles in fluid dynamics.

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Fluid Mechanics Module Test Questions

The document contains a sample module test with various questions related to fluid mechanics, including buoyancy, Pascal's law, gauge pressure, hydrostatic paradox, water forces on panels, iceberg stability, metacentric height, and center of pressure. Each question requires calculations or derivations based on given parameters and figures. The test assesses understanding of fundamental principles in fluid dynamics.

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Sample Module Test

1. A 7cm diameter solid aluminium ball (SG = 2.7) and a solid brass ball (SG = 8.5)
balance nicely when submerged in a liquid, as in Fig.
a. If the fluid is water at 20oC, what is the diameter of the brass ball?
b. If the brass ball has a diameter of 3.8 cm, what is the density of the fluid?

2. State and derive Pascal’s law. In Fig below, the tank contains water and immiscible oil
at 20˚ C. What is h in cm if the density of the oil is 898 kg/m3?

3. What is gauge pressure and vacuum pressure? In Fig. below determine the gage
pressure at point A in Pa. Is it higher or lower than atmospheric?
4. In Fig below, the hydrostatic force F is the same on the bottom of all three containers,
even though the weights of liquid above are quite different. The three bottom shapes
and the fluids are the same. This is called the hydrostatic paradox. Explain why it is
true and sketch a free body of each of the liquid columns.

5. Panels AB and CD in Fig. below are each 120 cm wide into the paper. (a) Can you
deduce, by inspection, which panel has the larger water force? (b) Even if your
deduction is brilliant, calculate the panel forces anyway

6. An iceberg can be idealized as a cube of side length L, as in Fig. below. If seawater is


denoted by S = 1.0, then glacier ice (which forms icebergs) has S=0.88. Determine if
this “cubic” iceberg is stable for the position shown in Fig.

7. Derive an analytical relationship for metacentric height of a floating body. What are
the conditions for stability of such a floating body?
8. Define Centre of pressure. Derive a relation for centre of pressure.

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