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The document contains instructions for a fluid mechanics problem set with 6 multi-part problems involving concepts like capillary action, fluid dynamics, buoyancy, and stratified liquids. Students are asked to show their work and solutions and submit their answers in PDF format.

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Problem Set 1

The document contains instructions for a fluid mechanics problem set with 6 multi-part problems involving concepts like capillary action, fluid dynamics, buoyancy, and stratified liquids. Students are asked to show their work and solutions and submit their answers in PDF format.

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INSTRUCTION: ANSWER THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS.

DRAW THE
NECESSARY FIGURES/DIAGRAMS AND BOX YOUR FINAL ANSWER. ANSWERS MUST BE HAND WRITTEN
AND SCANNED, SUBMISSION SHOULD BE IN PDF FORMAT. SUBMIT YOUR ANSWERS TO THE UVE WITH THE
FILE NAME SECTION_LASTNAME_PS1

NAME: ID NO:
SECTION:

FLUID MECHANICS
PROBLEM SET 1
(Use the last two digits of your ID number to replace the given marked with XX)
1. Two clean parallel glass plates, separated by a distance d=1.5 XX mm, are dipped in
a bath of water. How far does the water rise due to capillary action, if the surface
tension in 0.0730 N/m?

2. A shaft 70 mm in diameter is being pushed at a speed of 400 mm/s through a bearing


sleeve 70.XX mm in diameter and 250 mm long. The clearance, assumed uniform, is
filled with oil at 20 deg. Celcius with v=0.005 m2/s and sp. gr. =0.90. Find the force
exerted by the oil in the shaft.

3. A vertical semi-circular area of radius r is submerged in a liquid with its diameter in


the liquid surface. How far is the center of pressure from the liquid surface?

4. An open vat holding oil (s=0.80) is 8m long and 4m deep and has a trapezoidal cross-
section 3m wide at the bottom and 5.XX at the top. Determine the following:

a. The weight of oil;


b. The force on the bottom of the vat; and
c. The force on the trapezoidal end panel.

5. Two spheres, each 1.3XX m in diameter, weigh 5 kN and 13kN, respectively. They
are connected with a short rope and placed in water. What is the tension in the rope
and what portion (% of volume) of the lighter sphere protrudes from the water?

6. A block weighing 125 pcf is 1ft square and 9.XX inches deep floats on a stratified
liquid composed of a 7-in layer of water above a layer of mercury.

a. Determine the position of the bottom of the block (with respect to the mercury
layer)
b. If a downward vertical force of 260 lb is applied to the center of mass of this
block, what is the new position of the bottom of the block?

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