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Benha University

Faculty of Engineering at Shoubra


Mechanical Engineering Department

FLUID MECHANICS
Course Code: MEP 291
2nd YEAR production
First Term

2020 - 2021

Sheet No. [2]

Fluid statics
[1] State with sketches and equations the relation between Atmospheric Pressure, Gauge
Pressure, Vacuum Pressure and Absolute pressure.

[2] Express and define the Pascal’s law, and give a real-world example of it.

[3] A vacuum gage connected to a chamber reads 24 kPa at a location where the
atmospheric pressure is 92 kPa. Determine the absolute pressure in the chamber.

[4] The absolute pressure in water at a depth of 5 m is read to be 145 kPa. Determine :
(a) the local atmospheric pressure, and (b) the absolute pressure at a depth of 5 m in a
liquid whose specific gravity is 0.85 at the same location.

[5] A mercury manometer ( = 13,600 kg/m3)


is connected to an air duct to measure the
pressure inside. The difference in the
manometer levels is 15 mm, and the
atmospheric pressure is 100 kPa. (a)
Judging from Fig. 5, determine if the
pressure in the duct is above or below the
atmospheric pressure. (b) Determine the
absolute pressure in the duct.

[6] Pressure is often given in terms of a liquid column and is expressed as “pressure head.”
Express the standard atmospheric pressure in terms of :
(a) mercury (SG = 13.6), (b) water (SG = 1.0), and (c) glycerin (SG = 1.26)
columns. Explain why we usually use mercury in manometers.

[7] A 4-m-high, 5-m-wide rectangular plate


blocks the end of a 4-m-deep freshwater
channel, as shown in Fig.12–1. The plate
is hinged about a horizontal axis along its
upper edge through a point A and is
restrained from opening by a fixed ridge
at point B. Determine the force exerted on
the plate by the ridge.
[8] An open tank has a vertical partition and on one
side contains gasoline with a density 700 kg/m3
at a depth of 4 m, as shown in figure. A
rectangular gate that is 4 m high and 2 m wide
and hinged at one end is located in the partition.
Water is slowly added to the empty side of the
tank. At what depth, h, will the gate start to
open?

[9] A closed cylindrical tank filled with water has a


hemispherical dome and is connected to an inverted
piping systemas shown in Fig. The liquid in the top
part of the piping system has a specific gravity of
0.8, and the remaining parts of the system are filled
with water. If the pressure gage reading at A is 60
kPa, determine: (a) the pressure in pipe B, and (b) the
pressure head, in millimeters of mercury, at the top of the dome (point C).

[10] Consider a double-fluid manometer


attached to an air pipe shown in Fig.
10–1. If the specific gravity of one fluid
is 13.55, determine the specific gravity
of the other fluid for the indicated
absolute pressure of air. Take the
atmospheric pressure to be 100 kPa.

[11] Gate ABC in Figure, has a fixed hinge


line at B and is 2 m wide into the paper.
The gate will open at A to release water if
the water depth is high enough. Compute
the depth h for which the gate will begin to
open.
[12] Consider a large cubic ice block floating in
seawater. The specific gravities of ice and
seawater are 0.92 and 1.025, respectively. If
a 10-cm-high portion of the ice block
extends above the surface of the water,
determine the height of the ice block below
the surface.

[13] A 4-m-long curved gate is located in the side


of a reservoir containing water as shown in Fig.
Determine the magnitude of the horizontal and
vertical components of the force of the water on
the gate.

[14] A solid cylinder 2 m in diameter and 2 m high is floating in water with its axis
vertical. If the specific gravity of the material of cylinder is 0.65 find its metacentric
height. State also whether the equilibrium is stable or unstable.

[15] A rectangular pontoon 12 m long, 9 m wide and 3 m deep weighs 1380 kN and float
in sea water. The pontoon carries on its upper deck a boiler 6 m diameter and
weighing 864 kN. The center of gravity of each unit coincides with geometrical
center of the arrangement and lie in the same vertical line. What is the metacentric
height?
Is the arrangement stable? Take specific weight of sea water = 10 kN/m3.

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Prof. Dr Mohamed Moawed

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