Experiment 2 - Hydrostatic Bench
Experiment 2 - Hydrostatic Bench
The Hydrostatic Bench enables the study of the main properties and the
behavior of such liquids under hydrostatic conditions, with the aid of some accessories to make
the different experiments.
Equipment Description
1. Measure and note down the dimensions designed as a, L, d, and b; the last corresponding to
the flat surface placed at the end of the quadrant.
2. With the receiver placed on the bench, place the balance arm on the support (sharp profile).
Hang the pan at the end of the arm.
3. Connect a length of flexible hose to the receiver draining cock and connect the other end to
drain.
4. Level the receiver by properly acting on the support feet, which is adjustable, while the
"bubble level" is observed.
5. Displace the counterweight of the arm until getting the arm to be horizontal.
6. Close the drain cock in the bottom of the receiver.
7. Introduce water in the receiver until its free surface is tangent to the lower edge of the
quadrant. The fine adjustment of that level can be achieved by slightly overreaching the
established filling and then slowly draining through the cock.
8. Place a calibrated weight on the balance pan and slowly add water until the balance arm
recovers the horizontal position. Record the water level, indicated in the quadrant, and the value
of the weight placed on the pan.
9. Repeat the operation above several times, increasing progressively the weight in the pan
until, the balance arm is at level, the level of the free water surface becomes flush with the upper
edge of the flat rectangular surface that the end of the quadrant presents.
10. From this point on, and in the order inverse to the operation above of placing the weights
on the pan, the weight increments given in each step are removed, the arm is leveled (after every
removal) by using the drain cock and the weight in the pan and the water level values are
recorded.
For y < d (partial immersion), calculate the practical ant the theoretical value of m/y² using the
equation:
m/y² =ƿ.b/2L (a+d-y/3).
The slope of this graph must be -ƿ.b/2L, and its intersection with the coordinate axis ƿ.b
(a+d)/2L.
See the discrepancies in a reasoned way, if any, between the average values measured and the
values obtained with the equations above
Appendix – I Useful Data