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This document contains instructions for a mechanics plate assignment with 8 problems involving fluid pressure, density, and specific gravity. Students are directed to show work on separate sheets with page numbers, use engineering lettering, and report answers to two decimal places with units. Problems involve calculating pressure at different depths and locations in tanks containing various liquids, converting between pressure units, and determining specific gravity from given pressure information.

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Sidd Valle 26 Aug 2017: Water

This document contains instructions for a mechanics plate assignment with 8 problems involving fluid pressure, density, and specific gravity. Students are directed to show work on separate sheets with page numbers, use engineering lettering, and report answers to two decimal places with units. Problems involve calculating pressure at different depths and locations in tanks containing various liquids, converting between pressure units, and determining specific gravity from given pressure information.

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[NAME] MECH 4

[STUDENT NO.] [SECTION]

PLATE NO. 2

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
 Write your answers on A4 paper (with margins left: 1.5”, rest: 1.0”). No cover page needed.
 Present each solution on a separate answer sheet. Indicate the page numbers and the total
number of sheets used on the lower right edge within the margin, e.g. 1/3.
 Use engineering lettering.
 Present your answers neatly and systematically. Avoid erasures.
 Report final answers up to two decimal places. Indicate ALL units of measurement in your
solutions.

1. An open vessel contains carbon tetrachloride (s=1.50) to a depth of 2 m and water above this
liquid to a depth of 1.30 m. What is the pressure at the bottom?

2. A closed vessel containing 2 m of glycerin (s=1.25) is under 50 kPa air pressure. Find the pressure
at the bottom of the tank.

3. If the barometer reads 755 cm of mercury, what absolute pressure corresponds to a gage
pressure of 130 kPa? [Hint: The barometer reading provides atmospheric pressure]

4. If the pressure in a tank is 50 psi, find the equivalent pressure head of (a) water, (b) mercury and
(c) heavy fuel oil with a specific gravity of 0.92.

5. A pressure gage 7.0 m above the bottom of the tank containing a liquid reads 64.94 kPa; another
gage at the height 4.0 m reads 87.53 kPa. Compute the specific weight and density of the fluid.

6. If the atmospheric pressure is 13.00 psia and a gage attached to a tank reads 7.4 in Hg vacuum,
find the absolute pressure within the tank.

7. Find the elevation of the oil surface in the attached


piezometer.

8. The system is at 20°C. If atmospheric pressure is 101.03 kPa and the


absolute pressure at the bottom of the tank is 231.3 kPa, what is the specific
gravity of the olive oil? Use γwater at 20°C.

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