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The document contains 13 problems related to fluid mechanics concepts like manometers, pressure measurements, and forces exerted by fluids. Problem 1 asks about the differential pressure measured by a U-tube manometer. Problem 2 asks about the difference in pressure measured by a U-tube manometer connected to two pipes carrying different fluids. Problem 3 asks about the angle required for a certain deflection in an inclined-tube manometer.

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The document contains 13 problems related to fluid mechanics concepts like manometers, pressure measurements, and forces exerted by fluids. Problem 1 asks about the differential pressure measured by a U-tube manometer. Problem 2 asks about the difference in pressure measured by a U-tube manometer connected to two pipes carrying different fluids. Problem 3 asks about the angle required for a certain deflection in an inclined-tube manometer.

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1. A U-tube manometer is shown in fig 3.1, what is the differential pressure between points
A and B? Specific weight of oil = 57 lbf/ft3.

Fig 3.1
2. Two pipes as shown in Fig 3.2 convey toluene of specific gravity 0.875 and water
respectively. Both the liquids in the pipes are under pressure. The pipes are connected to a
U-tube manometer and the hoses connecting the pipes to the tubes are filled with the
corresponding liquids. Find the difference of pressure in two pipes if the level of
manometric liquid having a specific gravity 1.25 is 2.25 m higher in the right limb than
the lower level of toluene in the left limb of the manometer.

Fig 3.2
3. The inclined-tube manometer shown has D = 3 in. and d = 0.25 in., and is filled with
Meriam red oil. Compute the angle, θ, that will give a 5 in. oil deflection along the
inclined tube for an applied pressure of 1 in. of water (gage).

Fig 3.3
4. A typical differential manometer is attached to two sections A and B in a horizontal pipe
through which water is flowing at a steady rate. The deflection of mercury in the
manometer is 0.6 m with the level nearer A being lower one as shown in fig 3.4. Calculate
the difference in pressure between section A and B. Take the densities of water and
mercury as 1000 kg/m3 and 13570 kg/m3 respectively.

Fig 3.4
5. Two pipes A and B (Fig 3.5) are in the same elevation. Water is contained in A and rises
to a level of 1.8 m above it. Carbon tetrachloride (Sp. g = 1.59) is contained in B. The
inverted U-tube is filled with compressed air at 300 kN/m2 and 30 oC. Barometer reads
760 mm of mercury. Determine a) the pressure difference in kN/m2 between A and B if
z=0.45 m. b) the absolute pressure in B in mm of mercury.

Fig 3.5
6. A single column vertical manometer (i.e micrometer) is connected to a pipe containing oil
of sp. g 0.9. The area of the reservoir is 80 times the area of the manometer tube. The
reservoir contains mercury of sp. g 13.6. The level of mercury in the reservoir at a height
of 30 cm below the centre of the pipe and difference of mercury levels in the reservoir
and right limb is 50 cm. Find the pressure in the pipe.

7. An empty cylindrical bucket, 0.3 m in diameter and 0.5 m long whose wall thickness and
weight can be considered as negligible is forced with its open end first into water until its
lower edge is 4 m below the surface as shown in fig 3.6. What force will be required to
maintain position, assuming the trapped air to remain at constant temperature during the
entire operation? Atmospheric pressure = 1.03 kg(f) / cm2.

Fig3.6
8. For the inclined-tube manometer of Fig.3.7, the pressure in pipe A is 0.6 psi. The fluid in
both pipes A and B is water, and the gage fluid in the manometer has a specific gravity of
2.6. What is the pressure in pipe B corresponding to the differential reading shown?

Fig 3.7
9. Two tubes connected to two water reservoirs are as shown below. The tube on the left is
straight, and that on the right is a cone with the top area four times that of the base. The
bottom area of the cone equals that of the straight tube. The height of the water is the same
for both cases:

Determine the relation between p1 and p2.

10. A wire is attached to a block of metal that is submerged in a tank of water as shown below.
The graph that most correctly describes the relation between the force in the wire and time
as the block is pulled slowly out of the water is….

11. The 4-m-diameter circular gate of Fig. E2.6 a is located in the inclined wall of a large
reservoir containing water The gate is mounted on a shaft along its horizontal diameter, and
the water depth is 10 m above the shaft. Determine (a) the magnitude and location of the
resultant force exerted on the gate by the water and (b) the moment that would have to be
applied to the shaft to open the gate.

12. A pressurized tank contains oil (SG=0.9) and has a square, 0.6-m by 0.6-m plate bolted to
its side, as is illustrated in Fig. E2.8a. The pressure gage on the top of the tank reads 50
kPa, and the outside of the tank is at atmospheric pressure. What is the magnitude and
location of the resultant force on the attached plate?
13. A 6-ft-diameter drainage conduit of the type shown in Fig. E2.9a is half full of water at rest,
as shown in Fig. E2.9b. Determine the magnitude and line of action of the resultant force
that the water exerts on a 1-ft length of the curved section BC of the conduit wall.

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