Problem 2 - 46
A weather report indicates the barometric
pressure is 28.54 inches of mercury. What is Problem 2 - 52
the atmospheric pressure in pounds per A cylindrical tank contains water at a height
square inch? of 55 mm, as shown. Inside is a small open
cylindrical tank containing cleaning fluid
Problem 2 - 47 (s.g. = 0.8) at a height h. The pressure pa=
The tube shown is filled with oil. Determine 13.4 kPa gage and pc = 13.42 kPa gage.
the pressure heads at B and C in meters of Assume the cleaning fluid is prevented
water. from moving to the top of the tank. Use
unit weight of water = 9.79 kN/m^3. (a)
Problem 2 - 48 Determine the pressure pa in kPa, (b) the
For the tank shown in the figure, compute the value of h in mm, and (c) the value of y in
pressure at points B, C, D, and E in kPa. millimeters.
Neglect the unit weight of air.
Problem 2 - 53
Problem 2 - 49 A differential manometer shown is measuring
A glass U-tube open to the atmosphere at the difference in pressure two water pipes.
both ends is shown. If the U-tube contains oil The indicating liquid is mercury (specific
and water, determine the specific gravity of gravity= 13.6), hy is 675 mm, hm is 225 mm,
the oil. and hm2 is 300 mm. What is the pressure
differential between the two pipes.
Problem 2 - 50
A glass 12 cm tall filled with water is Problem 2 - 54
inverted. The bottom is open. What is the A force of 460 N is exerted on lever AB as
pressure at the closed end? Barometric shown. The end B is connected to a piston
pressure is 101.325 kPa. which fits into a cylinder having a diameter
of 60 mm. What force Fp acts on the larger
Problem 2 - 51 piston, if the volume between C and D is
In Figure 13, in which fluid will a pressure of filled with water?
700 kPa first be achieved?
Problem 2 - 55
An open tube open tube is attached to a
tank as shown. If water rises to a height of
800 mm in the tube, what are the pressures
pA and pB of the air above water? Neglect
capillary effects in the tube.
Problem 1 - 28 temperature have been if the
What would be the weight of 1 3- process had been isentropic?
kg mass on a planet where the
acceleration due to gravity is 10
m/s^2?
Problem 1 - 29
A vertical cylindrical tank with a
diameter of 12 m and a depth of 4
Problem 1 - 34
m is filled with water to the top
A square block weighing 1.1 KN
with water at 20°C. If the water is
and 250 mm on an edge slides
heated to 50°C, how much water
down an incline on a film of oil 6.0
will spill over? Unit weight of water
μm thick. Assuming a linear
at 20°C and 50°C is 9.79 kN/m^3
velocity profile in the oil and
and 9.69 kN/m^3, respectively.
neglecting air resistance, what is
the terminal velocity of the block?
Problem 1 - 30
The viscosity of oil is 7 mPa-s.
A rigid steel container is partially
Angle of inclination is 20°.
filled with a liquid at 15 atm. The
volume of the liquid is 1.23200 L.
Problem 1 - 35
At a pressure of 30 atm, the
Benzene at 20°C has a viscosity of
volume of the liquid is 1.23100 L.
0.000651 Pa-s. What shear stress
Find the average bulk modulus of
is required to deform this fluid at a
elasticity of the liquid over the
strain rate of 4900 s1?
given range of pressure if the
temperature after compression is
Problem 1 - 36
allowed to return to its initial
A shaft 70 mm in diameter is
value. What is the coefficient of
being pushed at a speed of 400
compressibility?
mm/s through a bearing sleeve
70.2 mm in diameter and 250 mm
Problem 1 - 31
long. The clearance, assumed
Calculate the density of water
uniform, is filled with oil at 20°C
vapor at 350 kPa abs and 20°C if
with v = 0.005 m^2/s and sp. gr.
its gas constant is 0.462 kPa-
= 0.9. Find the force exerted by
m^3/kg-°K.
the oil in the shaft.
Problem 1 - 32
Problem 1 - 37
Air is kept at a pressure of 200
Two clean parallel glass plates,
kPa and a temperature of 30°C in
separated by a distance d = 1.5
a 500-L container. What is the
mm, are dipped in a bath of water.
mass of the air?
How far does the water rise due to
capillary action, if σ = 0.0730
Problem 1 - 33
N/m?
(a) If 12 m3 of nitrogen at 30°C
and 125 kPa abs is permitted to
Problem 1 - 38
expand isothermally to 30 m^3,
Find the angle the surface tension
what is the resulting pressure? (b)
film leaves the glass for a vertical
What would the pressure and
tube immersed in water if the
diameter is 0.25 inch and the
capillary rise is 0.08 inch. Use
o=0.005 lb/ft.
Problem 1 - 39
What force is required to lift a thin
wire ring 6 cm in diameter from a
water surface at 20°C? (o of water
at 20°C = 0.0728 N/m). Neglect
the weight of the ring.
