Practice Problem (Chap # 01)

PRACTICE PROBLEM (CHAPTER # 01)
1 A 3-kg plastic tank that has a volume of 0.2 m3 is filled with liquid water. Assuming
the density of water is 1000 kg/m3, determine the weight of the combined system.
2 Determine the mass and the weight of the air contained in a room whose dimensions
are 6 m ' 6 m ' 8 m. Assume the density of the air is 1.16 kg/m3. Answers: 334.1
3 The value of the gravitational acceleration g decreases with elevation from 9.807 m/s2
at sea level to 9.767 m/s2 at an altitude of 13,000 m, where large passenger planes cruise.
Determine the percent reduction in the weight of an airplane cruising at 13,000 m relative
to its weight at sea level.
4 A vacuum gage connected to a chamber reads 24 kPa at a location where the

atmospheric pressure is 92 kPa. Determine the absolute pressure in the
chamber.
5 Intravenous infusions are usually driven by gravity by hanging the fluid bottle at
sufficient height to counteract the blood pressure in the vein and to force the fluid into the
body. The higher the bottle is raised, the higher the flow rate of the fluid will be. (a) If it
is observed that the fluid and the blood pressures balance each other when the bottle is
1.2 m above the arm level, determine the gage pressure of the blood. (b) If the gage
pressure of the fluid at the arm level needs to be 20 kPa for sufficient flow rate, determine
how high the bottle must be placed. Take the density of the fluid to be 1020 kg/m3.
6 The lower half of a 10-m-high cylindrical container is filled with water (r _ 1000
kg/m3) and the upper half with oil that has a specific gravity of 0.85. Determine the
pressure difference between the top and bottom of the cylinder.
Answer: 90.7 kPa
7 The basic barometer can be used as an altitude measuring device in airplanes. The
ground control reports a barometric reading of 753 mm Hg while the pilot’s reading is
690 mm Hg. Estimate the altitude of the plane from ground level if the average air
density is 1.20 kg/m3. Answer: 714 m
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8 A house is losing heat at a rate of 4500 kJ/h per °C temperature difference between the
indoor and the outdoor temperatures. Express the rate of heat loss from this house per (a)
K, (b) °F, and (c) R difference between the indoor and the outdoor temperature
9 A vacuum gage connected to a tank reads 15 kPa at a location where the barometric
reading is 750 mm Hg. Determine the absolute pressure in the tank. Take rHg _ 13,590
kg/m3. Answer: 85.0 kPa
10 A pressure gage connected to a tank reads 50 psi at a location where the barometric
reading is 29.1 mm Hg. Determine the absolute pressure in the tank. Take rHg _ 848.4
lbm/ft3. Answer: 64.3 psia
11 A pressure gage connected to a tank reads 500 kPa at a location where the atmospheric
pressure is 94 kPa. Determine the absolute pressure in the tank.
12 The basic barometer can be used to measure the height of a building. If the barometric
readings at the top and at the bottom of a building are 730 and 755 mm Hg, respectively,
determine the height of the building. Take the densities of air and mercury to be 1.18
kg/m3 and 13,600 kg/m3, respectively
13 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. Answer: 123.4 kPa
14 Determine the pressure exerted on the surface of a submarine cruising 175 ft below
the free surface of the sea. Assume that the barometric pressure is 14.7 psia and the
specific gravity of seawater is 1.03.
15 A vertical piston–cylinder device contains a gas at a pressure of 100 kPa. The piston
has a mass of 5 kg and a diameter of 12 cm. Pressure of the gas is to be increased by
placing some weights on the piston. Determine the local atmospheric pressure and the
mass of the weights that will double the pressure of the gas inside the cylinder. Answers:
95.7 kPa, 115.3 kg
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PRACTICE PROBLEM (CHAPTER # 01)

4 A vacuum gage connected to a chamber reads 24 kPa at a location where the

NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi.

13 A gas is contained in a vertical, frictionless piston–cylinder device. The piston has a

NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi.

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