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Problem Set 10

This document contains the problem set and instructions for Physics 200a assigned on November 15, 2006 at R. Shankar. It includes 9 problems related to fluid mechanics, pressure, buoyancy, and other physics concepts. Students were instructed to complete the problem set and submit it by November 27, 2006.

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Problem Set 10

This document contains the problem set and instructions for Physics 200a assigned on November 15, 2006 at R. Shankar. It includes 9 problems related to fluid mechanics, pressure, buoyancy, and other physics concepts. Students were instructed to complete the problem set and submit it by November 27, 2006.

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Problem Set X- Assign November 15, 2006 Due November 27, 2006. Fall 2006 Physics 200a R.

Shankar

1. A vertical tube of radius 1 cm, open at the top to the atmosphere, contains 2 cm of oil (oil = 0.82water ) oating on 3 cm of water. What is the gauge pressure (i.e., pressure in excess of the atmospheric) at the bottom. 2. A person wants to suck water through a straw 120 cm tall. What is the minimum pressure dierence between the atmosphere and the inside of the persons mouth? 3. A wide can of water is lled to height h. At what height from the base should I drill a hole to (i) get the maximum range for the jet that comes out (ii) ensure that the jet travels a horizontal distance equal to the vertical distance. (iii) What is the maximum horizontal distance the jet can travel? 4. A rectangular hole is made on the side of a cylindrical container of water. The hole has width w and its upper and lower edges (parallel to the base of the cylinder) are at depths d1 and d2 respectively measured from the water level. (i) Show using integration that the initial ow rate out of this hole is 2w 3 2g d2 d1
3/2 3/2

m3 /s.

Neglect the motion of water at the top of the tank. (ii) Suppose d2 = d1 + , where is very small, so that we can ignore the variation of the depth from the top to the bottom of the hole. What would you expect the rate to be in that case and show that the exact answer above answer reduces to that in that limit. (Remember (1 + x)n = 1 + nx + . . .) 5. A piece of cork of density = .22 water is held down fully submerged in water by a thread anchored at the base of the container. What is T /mg , where T is the tension of the thread and mg is the mass of the piece of cork? 6. A cylinder of cross section A and mass m oats vertically in a uid of density (in other words, the cross section is parallel to the surface). If disturbed from this equilibrium, what will be the period of small (vertical) oscillations? 7. A horizontal pipe of diameter d1 = 10cm carrying water has a constriction of diameter d2 = 4cm. If P1 = 105 Pascals and P2 = 8 104 Pascals, what is the ow rate? 8. Find the lift on an airplane wing of area 50 m2 if the velocity of air at the upper and lower parts is 90 m/s and 70 m/s respectively. Assume air = 1.16kg/m3 . 9. A wall of an outdoor pool is 10m long and 2m deep. What force is needed to keep it in place?

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