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Properties of Fluids: (P), F W Ma P mIV

This document summarizes key properties and calculations for various fluids, including glycerin, carbon tetrachloride, ethyl alcohol, water, and glycerin. It provides calculations for weight, mass density, specific weight, specific gravity, and acceleration given mass and force. Calculations are done in both US customary and SI units. Physical properties such as specific gravity are obtained from provided tables in the appendix.

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Properties of Fluids: (P), F W Ma P mIV

This document summarizes key properties and calculations for various fluids, including glycerin, carbon tetrachloride, ethyl alcohol, water, and glycerin. It provides calculations for weight, mass density, specific weight, specific gravity, and acceleration given mass and force. Calculations are done in both US customary and SI units. Physical properties such as specific gravity are obtained from provided tables in the appendix.

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CHAPTER 1

Properties of Fluids

Note: For many problems in this chapter, values of various physical properties of fluids are obtained from
Tables A-1 through A-8 in the Appendix.
1.1

A reservoir of glycerin (glyc) has a mass of 1200 kg and a volume of 0.952 m3. Find the glycerin's weight (W),
mass density (p), specific weight (y), and specific gravity (s.g.).

F = W = ma = (1200)(9.81) = 11 770 N or 11.77 kN


p = m IV = 1200/0.952 =1261 kg/m3
y = W/V = 11.77/0.952 = 12.36 kN/m 3
sg = ye,/ N2(3

1.2

4 C =

12.36/9.81 = 1.26

A body requires a force of 100 N to accelerate it at a rate of 0.20 m/s 2. Determine the mass of the body in
kilograms and in slugs.

F = ma
100 = (m)(0.20)
m = 500 kg = 500/14.59 = 34.3 slugs

1.3

A reservoir of carbon tetrachloride (CC14) has a mass of 500 kg and a volume of 0.315 m3. Find the carbon
tetrachloride's weight, mass density, specific weight, and specific gravity.

F = W = ma = (500)(9.81) = 4905 N or 4.905 kN


p = m IV = 500/0.315 = 1587 kg/m3
y = W/V = 4.905/0.315 = 15.57 kN/m3
s.g. = YCCI4/ M20 at 4.c = 15.57/9.81 = 1.59

1.4

The weight of a body is 100 lb. Determine (a) its weight in newtons, (b) its mass in kilograms, and (c) the rate
of acceleration [in both feet per second per second (ft/s2) and meters per second per second (mW)] if a net
force of 50 lb is applied to the body.

I (a)

1.5

W = (100)(4.448) = 444.8 N

(b)

F = W = ma444.8 = (m)(9.81)

( c )

m = 45.34 kg

= 4 5 . 3 4 / 1 4 . 5 9 = 3 . 1 0 8 s l u g s
F = ma
50 = 3.108a a = 16.09 ft/s 2 = (16.09)(0.3048) = 4.904 m/s 2

The specific gravity of ethyl alcohol is 0.79. Calculate its specific weight (in both pounds per cubic foot and
kilonewtons per cubic meter) and mass density (in both slugs per cubic foot and kilograms per cubic meter).

y = (0.79)(62.4) = 49.3 lb/ft3

y = (0.79)(9.79) = 7.73 kN/m 3

p = (0.79)(1.94) = 1.53 slugs/ft3


1.6

A quart of water weights about 2.08 lb. Compute its mass in slugs and in kilograms.

F = W = ma 2.08 = (m)(32.2)
m = 0.0646 slug

1.7

p = (0.79)(1000) = 790 kg/m3

m = (0.0646)(14.59) = 0.943 kg

One cubic foot of glycerin has a mass of 2.44 slugs. Find its specific weight in both pounds per cubic foot and
kilonewtons per cubic meter.

I F = W = ma = (2.44)(32.2) = 78.6 lb. Since the glycerin's volume is 1 ft3, y = 78.6 lb/ft3 = (78.6)
(4.448)40.3048? = 12 350 N/m3, or 12.35 kN/m3.
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