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WorksheetsProblem Sets for Fluid Mechanics
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 4hrs 40mins
What is the sea level specific gravity of a certain fluid with a mass density of 2.2 slugs per cubic feet?
The density of ethanol is 1.56 slugs/ft^3. Find the mass in grams of 20 cm^3 of ethanol.
An iron block weighs 5 Newtons and has volume of 200 cm^3. What is the density of the block?
The specific gravity of a mercury relative to a water is 13.55. What is the specific weight of the mercury in kN/m^3?
What is the specific weight of air at 500 kPa absolute and 21 deg C?
What pressure is required to reduce the volume of water by 0.80 percent? Bulk modulus of water is 2.2 GPa.
Find the depth of the water with a pressure of 101 kPa at the bottom.
Oil with specific gravity of 0.82 is 0.90 m deep in an open tank which is also filled with water. If the tank is 3 m deep, what is the pressure, in kPa, at the bottom of the tank?
Express a pressure gage reading of 45 in of Hg in absolute kPa.
Assuming the specific of air to be constant at 12 N/m^3, what is the approximate height of Mt. Banahaw if a mercury barometer at the base of the mountain reads 658 mm and at the same time another barometer at the top of the mountain reads 465 mm.
Compute the barometric pressure in kPa at an altitude of 1500 m if the pressure at sea level is 101.3 kPa. Assume isothermal conditions at 21 deg C. Use R = 287 J/kg – K.
A hydraulic press is used to raise a 100-kN cargo. If the oil of sp. gr. = 0.82 acts on piston under a pressure of 12 MPa, what diameter of piston is required?
A vertical rectangular gate 2 m wide and 3 m high is submerged in a water with the top edge 2.5 m below the water surface. Find the location of the total hydrostatic force acting on one side of the gate from the water surface.
An ice with a mass of 800 grams is floating freely in seawater. Calculate the buoyant force experienced by the ice.
The density of an iceberg is 57 lbm per cubic feet. If it floats in freshwater, what percent of iceberg’s volume is visible?
A stone weighs 460 N in air. When submerged in water, it weighs 300 N. Determine the specific weight of the stone in kN/m^3.
What is the flow rate of water passing through a pipe with a diameter of 25 mm and speed of 0.375 m/sec?
A 100 mm plunger is being pushed 75 mm/sec into a tank filled with oil having sp. gr. of 0.80. If the fluid is incompressible, how many N/s of oil is being force out at a 25 mm diameter hole?
If the velocity of flow in a 75 mm diameter fire hose is 0.5 m/sec, what is the available power in a 25 mm diameter jet issuing from a nozzle attached at the end of the pipe?
Oil with density of 55 lbm/ft^3 flow at 1 fps through a 1-inch diameter pipe. A 0.2-inch diameter orifice (C = 0.6) is installed. Determine the indicated pressure drop.
A cylindrical tank 6 m in diameter and 12 m high has a 100-mm hole at the bottom with Cd = 0.90. How long will it take for the water level to drop from 12 m to 8 m?
A turbine is rated at 25 hp when the flow of water through it is 180 gpm. Assuming an efficiency of 88%, what is the head acting on the turbine?
