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CENG 197 - CE Competency Appraisal II Problem Set 3a Fluid Statics 1

This document contains 20 fluid statics problems involving concepts like pressure, density, depth, specific gravity, barometric pressure, piezometers, manometers, and differential pressure measurements. The student has been assigned these problems as part of their coursework for CENG 197 - CE Competency Appraisal II. The problems cover topics like calculating pressure at different depths, determining required forces for equilibrium, and using various fluid measurement devices to find pressure differences and fluid property values.

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CENG 197 - CE Competency Appraisal II Problem Set 3a Fluid Statics 1

This document contains 20 fluid statics problems involving concepts like pressure, density, depth, specific gravity, barometric pressure, piezometers, manometers, and differential pressure measurements. The student has been assigned these problems as part of their coursework for CENG 197 - CE Competency Appraisal II. The problems cover topics like calculating pressure at different depths, determining required forces for equilibrium, and using various fluid measurement devices to find pressure differences and fluid property values.

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Student Number: 201810138

CENG 197 – CE Competency Appraisal II


Problem Set 3a

Fluid Statics 1
1. Determine the pressure in 𝑝𝑠𝑖 at a depth of 20.0 𝑓𝑡 below the free surface of a body of water.
2. Determine the pressure at a depth of 9.00 𝑚 in oil of specific gravity 0.750.
3. Find the absolute pressure in 𝑝𝑠𝑖 at a depth of 20.0 𝑓𝑡 below the free surface of a body of water when the
barometer reads 29.90 𝑖𝑛 of mercury, 𝑠𝑝. 𝑔𝑟. 13.57.
4. What depth of oil, sp.gr. 0.750, will produce a pressure of 40.0 𝑝𝑠𝑖?
5. Find the pressure at the bottom of a tank containing glycerin under pressure as shown in the figure
below.

6. Convert a pressure head of 4.60 𝑚 of water to meters of oil, sp.gr. 0.750.


7. What is the atmospheric pressure in 𝑘𝑃𝑎 when a mercury barometer reads 742 𝑚𝑚?
8. For the pressure vessel containing glycerin, with piezometer attached shown below, find the pressure
at point 𝐴.

9. For the open tank, with piezometers attached on the side, containing two different immiscible liquids
as shown below, find the elevation of the liquid surface in piezometer 𝐴.

10. In the figure below, the areas of the plunger 𝐴 and cylinder 𝐵 are 6.00 and 600 𝑖𝑛2 , respectively, and
the weight of 𝐵 is 9000 𝑙𝑏. The vessel and the connecting passages are filled with oil of specific gravity of
0.750. What force 𝐹 is required for equilibrium, neglecting the weight of 𝐴?
11. Determine the pressure at 𝐴 in psi gage due to the deflection of the mercury, sp.gr. 13.57, in the U-tube
shown below.

12. A manometer is attached to a tank containing three different fluids as shown in the figure below.
Find the difference in elevation of the mercury column in the manometer.

13. Oil of specific gravity 0.750 flows through the nozzle as shown in the figure below and deflects the
mercury in the U-tube gage. Determine the value of ℎ if the pressure at 𝐴 is 20.0 𝑝𝑠𝑖.

14. For a gage pressure at 𝐴 of −10.89 𝑘𝑃𝑎, find the specific gravity of the gage liquid 𝐵 in the figure below.
15. For a gage reading at 𝐴 of −2.50 𝑝𝑠𝑖, determine the elevations of the liquid in the piezometer columns
E, F, and G in the figure below.

16. A differential gage is attached to two cross sections 𝐴 and 𝐵 in a horizontal pipe in which water is flowing.
The deflection of the mercury in the gage is 1.92 𝑓𝑡, the level nearer 𝐴 being the lower one. Calculate the
difference in pressure in 𝑝𝑠𝑖 between sections 𝐴 and 𝐵.

17. The loss through a device 𝑋 is to be measure by a differential gage using oil of specific gravity 0.750 as
the gage fluid. The flowing liquid has sp.gr. 1.50. Find the change in pressure head between 𝐴 and 𝐵 for
the deflection of the oil shown in the figure below.
18. Vessels 𝐴 and 𝐵 contain water under pressures of 276 𝑘𝑃𝑎 and 138 𝑘𝑃𝑎, respectively. What is the deflection
of the mercury in the differential gage in the figure below?

19. The pressure head at level 𝐴𝐴 is 0.091 𝑚 of water, and the unit weights of gas and air are 5.50
and
12.35 𝑁/𝑚3, respectively. Determine the reading of the water in the U-tube gage that measures the
gas pressure at level 𝐵 in the figure below.

20.A differential manometer is attached to two tanks as shown below. Calculate the pressure difference
between chamber 𝐴 and chamber 𝐵.

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