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Group Assignment Presentation No. 3 Relative Equilibrium

The document contains 24 problems related to determining pressures, water levels, and other quantities in tanks undergoing rotational or translational acceleration. The problems are divided into 8 groups with 3 problems each. The problems involve applying principles of relative equilibrium to solve for unknowns like water spillage, required acceleration, and pressure changes in systems like tanks, pipes, and containers experiencing dynamic accelerational forces.

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Group Assignment Presentation No. 3 Relative Equilibrium

The document contains 24 problems related to determining pressures, water levels, and other quantities in tanks undergoing rotational or translational acceleration. The problems are divided into 8 groups with 3 problems each. The problems involve applying principles of relative equilibrium to solve for unknowns like water spillage, required acceleration, and pressure changes in systems like tanks, pipes, and containers experiencing dynamic accelerational forces.

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GROUP ASSIGNMENT PRESENTATION NO.

3 RELATIVE EQUILIBRIUM

Group 1

1. When an open rectangular tank, 1.52 m wide, 3.05 m long, and 1.83 m deep, containing 1.22 m of
water is accelerated horizontally parallel to its length at the rate of 4.91 m/s , how much water is
spilled? Ans. 0.71 m

2. At what acceleration must the tank in Problem 5.17 move for the depth at the forward edge to be
zero? Ans. 5.88 m/s

3. An open tank of water accelerates down a 15° inclined plane at 16.1 ft/sec . What is the slope of the
water surface? Ans. 29°01′

Group 2

4. A vessel containing oil of sp gr 0.762 moves vertically upward with an acceleration of +2.5 m/s . What
is the pressure at a depth of 2 m? Ans. 18.7 kPa

5. A vessel containing oil of sp gr 0.762 moves vertically upward with an acceleration of —2.5 m/s ,
what is the pressure at a depth of 2 m? Ans. 11.1 kPa

6. An unbalanced vertical force of 60.0 lb upward accelerates a volume of 1.55 ft of water. If the water is
3 ft deep in a cylindrical tank, what is the force acting on the bottom of the tank? Ans. 157 lb

Group 3

7. An open cylindrical tank 4 ft in diameter and 6 ft deep is filled with water and rotated about its axis at
60 rpm. How much liquid is spilled, and how deep is the water at the axis? Ans. 15.3 ft , 3.55 ft

8. At what speed should the tank in Problem 5.23 be rotated in order for the center of the bottom of the
tank to have zero depth of water? Ans.9.83 rad/sec

9. A closed vessel 1 m in diameter is completely filled with water. If the vessel is rotated at 1200 rpm,
what increase in pressure will occur at the top of the tank at the circumference? Ans. 1970 kPa

Group 4

10. An open vessel 18 in in diameter and filled with water is rotated about its vertical axis at such a
velocity that the water surface 4 in from the axis makes an angle of 40° with the horizontal. Compute
the speed of rotation. Ans. 9.00 rad/sec

11. A U-tube with right angle bends is 305 mm wide and contains mercury that rises 229 mm in each leg
when the tube is at rest. At what speed must the tube be rotated about an axis 76 mm from one leg so
that there will be no mercury in that leg of the tube? Ans. 13.9 rad/s

12. A 7-ft length of 2-in-diameter pipe is capped and is filled with water under 12.5 psi pressure. Placed
in a horizontal position, it is rotated about a vertical axis through one end at the rate of 3 rad/sec. What
will be the pressure at the outer end? Ans. 15.5 psi
Group 5

13. The 2.0-m-diameter impeller of a closed centrifugal water p ump is rotated at 1500 rpm. If the casing
is full of water, what pressure head is developed by rotation? Ans. 1258 m

14. The barrel of oil rests on the surface of the scissors lift. Determine the maximum pressure
developed in the oil if the lift is moving upward with (a) a constant ve1ocity of 4 m/ s, and (b) an
acceleration of 2 m/s2. Take po = 900 kg/ m2 . The top of the barrel is open to the atmosphere.

Ans. A) 11kPa B) 13.3 kPa

15. A large container of benzene is transported on the truck. Determine the level in each of the vent
tubes A and B if the truck accelerates at a = l .5 m / s2 When the truck is at rest. hA = hB = 0.4 m. Ans 1.71
m, 0.629 m

Group 6

16.. The sealed assembly is completely filled with water such that the pressures at C and D are zero. If
the assembly is given an angular velocity of ὼ = 15 rad/ s, determine the difference in pressure between
points C and D and between points A and B. Ans a. 28.1 kPa b. 28.1 kPa
17. The U-tube is filled with water and A is open while B is closed. If the axis of rotation is at x= 0.2 m,
determine the constant rate of rotation so that the pressure at B is zero. Ans. 8.09 rad/s

18. If the truck has a constant acceleration of 2 m/s2, determine the water pressure at the bottom
corners A and B of the water tank. Ans: pA=21.5 kPa, pB= 11.6 kPa

Group 7

19. A 2-ft-diameter vertical cylindrical tank open to the atmosphere contains 1-ft-high water. The tank is
now rotated about the centerline, and the water level drops at the center while it rises at the edges.
Determine the angular velocity at which the bottom of the tank will first be exposed. Also determine the
maximum water height at this moment.
20. Milk with a density of 1020 kg/m3 is transported on a level road in a 7-m-long, 3-m-diameter
cylindrical tanker. The tanker is completely filled with milk (no air space), and it accelerates at 2.5 m/s2.
If the minimum pressure in the tanker is 100 kPa, determine the maximum pressure and its location.
Answer: 47.9 kPa

21. A 8-ft-long tank open to the atmosphere initially contains 3-ft-high water. It is being towed by a
truck on a level road. The truck driver applies the brakes and the water level at the front rises 0.5 ft
above the initial level. Determine the deceleration of the truck. Answer: 4.08 ft/s2

Group 8

22. A 1-m-diameter, 2-m-high vertical cylinder is completely filled with gasoline whose density is 740
kg/m3. The tank is now rotated about its vertical axis at a rate of 90 rpm, while being accelerated
upward at 5 m/s2. Determine (a) the difference between the pressures at the centers of the bottom and
top surfaces and (b) the difference between the pressures at the center and the edge of the bottom
surface.
23. A 60-cm-high, 40-cm-diameter cylindrical water tank is being transported on a level road. The
highest acceleration anticipated is 4 m/s2. Determine the allowable initial water height in the tank if no
water is to spill out during acceleration. Answer: 51.8 cm

24. A 3-m-diameter, 7-m-long cylindrical tank is completely filled with water. The tank is pulled by a
truck on a level road with the 7-m-long axis being horizontal. Determine the pressure difference
between the front and back ends of the tank along a horizontal line when the truck (a) accelerates at 3
m/s2 and (b) decelerates at 4 m/s2.

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