Practice Problem – Fluid Statics
1. Both a gage and a manometer are a.
attached to a gas tank to measure its b.
pressure. If the reading on the c.
pressure gage is 65 kPa, determine d.
the distance between the two fluid
levels of the manometer if the fluid 3. Consider a U-tube whose arms are
is mercury (p = 13,600 kg/m^3). open to the atmosphere. Water is
poured into the U-tube from one
arm, and light oil (Poil = 790 kg/m^3)
into the other. One arm contains 70-
cm-high water, while the other arm
contains both fluids with an oil-to-
water height ratio of 6. Determine
the height of oil in the right arm.
a.
b. 39 cm
c. 40 cm
d. 49 cm
2. For the configuration shown in the
figure below, what must be the a. 30.2 cm
value of the specific weight of the b. 52.9 cm
unknown fluid? c. 73.2 cm
d. 92.3 cm
4. The 500-kg load on the hydraulic lift
shown is to be raised by pouring oil
(p = 780 kg/m') into a thin tube.
Determine how high h should be in
order to begin to raise the weight.
a. 34.4 cm
b. 56.7 cm
c. 72.5 cm
Practice Problem – Fluid Statics
d. 90.8 cm
a. 95.5 kPa
b. 103.6 kPa
c. 118.7 kPa
5. A piston having a cross-sectional d. 123.4 kPa
area of 0.07 m' is located in a
cylinder containing water as shown. 7. The U-shaped tube shown initially
An open U-tube manometer is contains water only. A second liquid
connected to the cylinder. For h, = 60 of specific weight y, smaller than
mm and h = 100 mm, what is the that of water, is placed on top of the
value of the applied force, P, acting water with no mixing occurring. Can
on the piston? The weight of the the height, h, of the second liquid be
piston is negligible. adjusted so that the left and right
a. 512 N levels are at the same height?
b. 893 N Provide proof of your answer.
c. 725 N
d. 908 N
6. 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 cm^2. 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.
a. 101.3 kPa
b. 101.7 kPa
Practice Problem – Fluid Statics
c. 110.2 kPa
d. 112.2 kPa
8. Consider a double-fluid manometer
attached to an air pipe as shown. If
the specific gravity of one fluid is
13.55, determine the specific gravity
of the other fluid for the indicated
air pressure. Take the atmospheric a. 25
pressure to be 100 kPa. b. 34
c. 45
d. 55
10. Consider the system illustrated
below. If a change in 0.9 kPa in the
pressure of air causes the brine-
mercury interface in the right
column to drop by 5 mm while the
pressure in the brine pipe remains
constant, determine the ratio A1/A2.
a. 0.90
b. 1.34
c. 1.80
d. 2.10
9. Two water tanks are connected to
each other through a mercury
manometer with inclined tubes, as a. 0.221
shown. If the pressure difference b. 0.298
between the two tanks is 20 kPa, c. 0.434
calculate the . d. 0.595
