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Tutorial Manometer

1. A manometer connected to pipe in which a fluid is flowing indicates a negative gauge pressure
head of 50 mm of mercury. What is the absolute pressure in the pipe in N/m 2 if the atmospheric
pressure is 100 kPa.

2. The pressure difference between an oil pipe and water pipe is measured by a double-fluid
manometer as shown in Figure 1. For a given fluid heights and specific gravities, calculate the
pressure difference ΔP = PB - PA

Mercury
SG= 13.5

Figure 1: Double fluid manometer

3. The maximum blood pressure in the upper arm of a healthy person about 120 mmHg. If a vertical
tube open to the atmosphere is connected to the vein in the arm of the person (Figure 2),
determine how high the blood will rise in the tube. Take the density of the blood as 1050 kg/m3.

Figure 2: Vertical tube connected to a vein


4. The inverted U-tube manometer in Figure below, contain oil (s.g 0.9) and water as shown in Figure
3. The pressure differential between pipes A and B, (PA – PB) is -2.5 kPa. Detemine the differential
reading, h.

Figure 3: Differential U-tube manometer

5. Freshwater and seawater flowing in parallel horizontal pipelines are connected to each other by a
double U-tube manometer, as shown in Figure 4. Determine the pressure difference between the
two pipelines. Take the densities of seawater at that location to be ρ= 1035kg/m3. Can the air be
ignored in the analysis? (hw = 60 cm, hHg = 10 cm, hair = 70 cm, hsea = 40cm).

Figure 4: Differential double U-tube manometer


6. In Figure 5, fluid P is water and fluid Q is mercury. If the specific weight of mercury is 13.6 times
that of water and the atmospheric pressure is 101.3 kNm-2, determine the absolute pressure at A
when h1 = 15 cm and h2 = 30 cm.

Density, ρ1
A
B
h1

a
b
h2 h

Density, ρ2

Figure 5 Figure 6

7. A U-tube manometer (Figure 6) measures the pressure difference between two points A and B in a
liquid of density ρ1. The U-tube contains mercury of density ρ2. Calculate the difference of pressure
if a = 1.5 m, b = 0.75 m and h = 0.5 m if the liquid at A and B is water and ρ2 = 13.6 ρ1

8. For a gauge pressure at A of -10.89 kPa, find the specific gravity of the gauge liquid B in Figure 7.

Air 3.429 m

3.200 m A
3.048 m
Liquid B
2.743 m

Specific gravity = 1.60


Datum

Figure 7

9. A closed cylindrical tank filled with water has a hemispherical dome and is connected to an
inverted piping system as shown in Figure 8. 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 60 kPa, determine:
i) Pressure in pipe B.
ii) The pressure head, in mmHg, at top of the dome (point C).
Figure 8: Cylindrical tank connected to a pipe

10. Two water tanks are connected to each other through a mercury manometer with inclined tubes
(Figure 9). If the pressure difference between the two tanks is 20 kPa determine a and θ. Take the
specific gravity of mercury and density of water as 13.6 and 1000 kg/m3 respectively.

Figure 9: Water tanks connected to an inclined tube manometer

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