Fluid Mechanics (CLB 11003)

Chapter 3: Static fluid

TUTORIAL 3
1.

Define Pascals law.

2.

What is difference between gage pressure and absolute pressure?

3.

A vacuum gage connected to a chamber reads 24 kPa at a location where the

barometric reading is 600 mm Hg. Determine the absolute pressure in the
chamber (Hg = 13,590 kg/m3).
(Ans: 56 kPa)

4.

The water in a tank is pressurized by air and the pressure is measured by a multifluid manometer as shown in Figure 1. Determine the gage pressure of air in the
tank is if h1 = 0.2 m, h2 = 0.3 m and h3 = 0.46 m. Take the densities of water, oil
and mercuries to be 1000 kg/m3, 850 kg/m3 and 13,600 kg/m3, respectively.
(Ans:56.9 kPa)

Figure 1
5.

Determine the pressure exerted on the surface of a submarine cruising 300 ft

below the free surface of the sea. Assume that the barometric pressure is 14.7
psia and the specific gravity of sea water is 1.03 (water at 32F is 62.4 lbm/ft3).
(Ans: 149 psia)

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6.

What are the values of P(x), PA(y) and PB(z) as shown in Figure 2?
P = PA
PA = 90 kPa gauge
Local atmospheric pressure

PA = (y) kPa abs

abs

PB = (z) kPa g

P = (x) kPa g
= 101 kPa abs
P = PB

Patm = 101 kPa abs

PB = 51 kPa abs

Absolute Zero

P = 0 Pa
abs

Figure 2

7.

Show that the pressure at point A can be expressed as:

PA = mangh2 Pgh1

Fluid P
Density,

h2
h1
B

Manometric Fluid Density, man

Figure 3

8.

The pressure at the bottom of a tank of water is measured with a mercury

manometer where hwater = 3.0m and hmercury = 0.43 m. What is the gauge pressure
at the bottom of the tank? (Relative density mercury = 13.56).
(Ans: 27.8 kPa)

Figure 4

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9.

A U-tube manometer containing mercury of density 13600 kg/m3 is used to

measure the pressure drop along a horizontal pipe. If the fluid in the pipe has a
relative density of 0.8 and the manometer reading is 0.6m, what is the pressure
difference measured by the manometer?
(Ans: 75.34 kPa)

Figure 5

10. Fresh and seawater flowing in parallel horizontal pipelines are connected to each
other by a double U-tube manometer as shown in Figure 6. Determine the
pressure difference between the two pipelines. Take the densities of seawater,
water and mercury to be sea = 1035 kg/m3 and Hg = 13,600 kg/m3.
(Ans: 3.39 kPa)

P1
P2

Figure 6

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11. Determine the pressure difference between points A and B in Figure 7 (SGbenzene =
0.88, SGHg = 13.6, SGkerosene = 0.82, SGwater = 1 and SGair = 0.0118.
(Ans: 10.23 kPa)

Figure 7
12. Define buoyancy.
13. A crane is used to lower weights into a lake for an underwater construction
project. Determine the tension in the rope of the crane due to a 3 ft diameter
spherical steel block (density = 494 lbm/ft3) when it is (a) suspended in the air and
(b) completely immersed in water (density = 62.4 lbm/ft3).
(Ans: a). 6980 lbf. b) 6100 lbf)

14. 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.
(Ans: 87.6 cm)

Figure 8