PRACTICE PROBLEMS (FLUID PROPERTIES)

1. A cylindrical tank 80 cm in diameter and 90 cm high is filled with a liquid. The tank and the liquid
weighed 420 kg. The weight of the empty tank is 40 kg. What is the unit weight of the liquid in
kN/m3?
a. 9.11 kN/m3
b. 840 kN/m3
c. 8.24 kN/m3
d. 4.12 kN/m3
2. What is pressure is required to reduce the volume of water by 0.6 percent? Bulk modulus of
elasticity of water, EB = 2.2 GPa.
a. 1.32 MPa
b. 13.2 MPa
c. 13.2 GPa
d. 1.32 GPa
3. Water in a hydraulic press, initially at 137 kPa absolute, is subjected to a pressure of 116,280 kPa
absolute. Using EB = 2.5 GPa, determine the percentage decrease in the volume of water.
a. 46.5%
b. 4.65%
c. 0.465%
d. 0.0465%

SITUATION 1: A body requires a force of 100 N to accelerate it at a rate of 0.20 m/s2.

4. Determine the mass of the body in kilograms.

a. 500 kg
b. 0.5 kg
c. 50 kg
d. 5000 kg
5. Determine the mass of the body in slugs.
a. 34.3 slugs
b. 0.0343 slug
c. 3.43 slugs
d. 343.0 slugs

SITUATION 2: One cubic foot of glycerin has a mass of 2.44 slugs.

6. Find its specific weight in pounds per cubic foot.

a. 23.9 lb/ft3
b. 78.6 lb/ft3
c. 152.3 lb/ft3
d. 35.6 lb/ft3
7. Find its specific weight in kilonewtons per cubic meter.
a. 23.9 kN/m3
b. 5.59 kN/m3
c. 3.75 kN/m3
d. 12.35 kN/m3
SITUATION 3: At a depth of 7 km in the ocean, the pressure is 71.6 MPa. Assume a specific weight at the
surface of 10.05 kN/m3 and an average bulk modulus of elasticity of 2.34 GPa for that pressure range.

8. Find the change in specific volume between the surface and 7 km.
a. -0.0000299 m3/kg
b. -0.0299 m3/kg
c. -2.99 m3/kg
d. -0.000299 m3/kg
9. Find the specific volume at 7 km.
a. 0.00946 m3/kg
b. 94.6 m3/kg
c. 0.946 m3/kg
d. 0.000946 m3/kg
10. Find the specific weight at 7 km.
a. 1037 N/m3
b. 0.1037 N/m3
c. 10.37 N/m3
d. 10370 N/m3

SITUATION 4: If the viscosity of water at 68 ˚F is 0.01008 poise.

11. Compute its absolute viscosity (µ) in pound-seconds per square foot.
a. 6.91 x 10-7 lb · s/ft2
b. 2.11 x 10-5 lb · s/ft2
c. 2.11 x 10-2 lb · s/ft2
d. 6.91 x 10-4 lb · s/ft2
12. If the specific gravity at 68 ˚F is 0.998, compute its kinematic viscosity (ѵ) in square feet per
second.
a. 3.57 x 10-4 ft2/s
b. 1.09 x 10-2 ft2/s
c. 1.09 x 10-5 ft2/s
d. 3.57 x 10-7 ft2/s
13. Find the capillary rise in the tube for a water-air-glass interface (θ = 0˚) if the tube radius is 1 mm
and the surface tension is 0.0728 N/m.
a. 0.0148mm
b. 0.0297mm
c. 29.7mm
d. 14.8mm
14. If a bubble is equivalent to an air-water interface with σ = 0.005 lb/ft, what is the pressure
difference between the inside and outside of a bubble of diameter 0.003 in.?
a. 80 lb/ft2
b. 6.67 lb/ft2
c. 0.556 lb/ft2
d. 40 lb/ft2
15. Find the angle the surface tension film leaves the glass for a vertical tube immersed in water if
the diameter is 0.25 in. and the capillary rise is 0.08 in. Use σ = 0.005 lb/ft.
a. 77.1˚
b. 64.3˚
c. 86.1˚
d. 82.4˚
1. C
2. B
3. B
4. A
5. A
6. B
7. D
8. A
9. D
10. D
11. B
12. C
13. D
14. A
15. B