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This document contains a group assignment for an electro mechanical engineering fluid mechanics course. It includes 12 problems related to fluid statics and dynamics. Students are asked to calculate things like metacentric height, shear stresses, hydrostatic forces, pressures, and decelerations. The deadline for the assignment is February 20th, 2023.

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Group Assignment I

This document contains a group assignment for an electro mechanical engineering fluid mechanics course. It includes 12 problems related to fluid statics and dynamics. Students are asked to calculate things like metacentric height, shear stresses, hydrostatic forces, pressures, and decelerations. The deadline for the assignment is February 20th, 2023.

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Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (AASTU)

College of Engineering
Electro Mechanical Engineering
Fluid Mechanics
Group Assignment I (Chapter One & Two)

Deadline: 20/02/2023
1) A rectangular pontoon of mass 90 metric tons floats in sea water. It is 12m long, 7.5m
wide and 3m deep. Find the metacentric height. Sea water has a density of 1025kg/m³ and
the center of gravity of the pontoon may be taken at its geometrical center.

2) The velocity distribution for the flow of a newtonian fluid between two parallel plates as
3V y 2
shown below is given by the equation u = [1 − (h) ], where V is the mean velocity.
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The fluid has a viscosity of 2 Pa/s. When V = 0.6 m/s and h=0.005 m, determine:
a. The shearing stress acting on the bottom wall, and
b. The shearing stress acting on a plane parallel to the walls and passing through the
centerline (midpoint).

3) A long vertical wall separates seawater from fresh water. If the seawater has a depth of 7
ft, what depth of fresh water is required so that the net force on the wall is zero? What is
the moment at the bottom of the wall, per unit length of wall (if any), when the net force
is zero?

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4) A force, P, is applied to a piston with a mass of 10 kg and a diameter of 30 cm that rests
on top of a cylinder containing water as shown. (The piston is free to move in the cylinder,
but is sealed so no water can escape.) An open U-tube manometer is connected to the
cylinder as shown. Determine the applied force, P, if h1 = 60 mm and h = 100 mm. You
can use the following data: the specific weight of water is 9.81 KN/m3 and the specific
gravity of mercury is 13.546.

5) Two water tanks are connected to each other through a mercury manometer with inclined
tubes, as shown in Fig.below. If the pressure difference between the two tanks is 20 kPa,
calculate a and θ.

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6) A closed cylindrical tank filled with water has a hemispherical dome and is connected to
an inverted piping system as shown in figure below. The liquid in the top part of the piping
system has a specific gravity of 0.8, and the remaining parts of the system are filled with
water. If the pressure gage reading at A is 50 kPa determine (a) the pressure in pipe B,
and (b) the pressure head in millimeters of mercury at the top of the dome (point C).

7) A gas is contained in a vertical, frictionless piston– cylinder device. The piston has a mass
of 4 kg and a cross sectional area of 35 cm2. A compressed spring above the piston exerts
a force of 60 N on the piston. If the atmospheric pressure is 95 kPa, determine the pressure
inside the cylinder.

8) Consider the system shown in Fig. below. If a change of 0.7 kPa in the pressure of air
causes the brine-mercury interface in the right column to drop by 5 mm in the brine level
in the right column while the pressure in the brine pipe remains constant, determine the
ratio of A2/A1.

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9) A long, solid cylinder of radius 2 ft hinged at point A is used as an automatic gate, as
shown in Fig. below. When the water level reaches 15 ft, the cylindrical gate opens by
turning about the hinge at point A. Determine (a) the hydrostatic force acting on the
cylinder and its line of action when the gate opens and (b) the weight of the cylinder per
ft length of the cylinder.

10) A 3 m high, 6 m wide rectangular gate shown below is hinged at the top edge at A and is
restrained by a fixed ridge at B.

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Determine
a. The hydrostatic force exerted on the gate by the 5 m high water and the location of
the pressure center.
b. Repeat the above problem for a total water height of 2 m.
11) A 1.2-m-diameter, 3-m-high sealed vertical cylinder is completely filled with gasoline
whose density is 740 kg/m3. The tank is now rotated about its vertical axis at a rate of70
rpm. Determine (a) the difference between the pressures at the centers of the bottom and
top surfaces and (b) the difference between the pressures at the center and the edge of the
bottom surface.

12) An 8-ft-long tank open to the atmosphere initially contains 3-ft-high water. It is being
towed by a truck on a level road. The truck driver applies the brakes and the water level
at the front rises 0.5 ft above the initial level. Determine the deceleration of the truck.

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