Fluids 2
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Situation 1 - A cylindrical tank contains B. 0.54 m. D. 0.63 m.
water to a depth of 0.90 m. What is the
resulting pressure in kPa at the bottom of 8. Determine the weight of the block.
the tank if: A. 1.271 kN C. 0.249 kN
B. 1.721 kN D. 0.294 kN
1. It is accelerated downwards at
6.14 m/s 2 9. Determine the specific gravity of the
A. 14.355 C. 3.303 block.
B. 0 D. 8.829 A. 0.40 C. 0.667
B. 0.351 D. 0.444
2. It is accelerated upwards at 6.14 m/s2
A. 14.355 C. 0 Situation 4 - A submerged object A (γ = 150
B. 8.829 D. 3.303 lb/ft^3) is being held in position by a
cylindrical buoy as shown. Use
3. It has a constant velocity γwater = 62.4 lb/ft^3.
A. 0 C. 14.355
B. 3.303 D. 8.829
Situation 2 - An open rail car is 6 ft wide,
9 ft high, 18 ft long. It is filled with
water to a depth of 7.5 ft It is acceler-
ated to the right at 10 ft/s^2.
10. Determine the volume of A.
A. 2.46 ft^3 C. 4.12 ft^3
B. 6.43 ft^3 D. 8.24 ft^3
4. Determine the change in pressure, in 11. Determine the weight of A.
psf, that acts at point B. A. 369 lb C. 618 lb
A. 93.6 C. 96.3 B. 964 lb D. 1236 lb
B. 119.2 D. 112.9
12. What is the freeboard if the object A
5. Determine the change in pressure, in is disjointed to the cylinder assuming
psf, that acts at point C. the cylinder is still upright?
A. 136.0 C. 255.220 A. 0.128 ft. C. 0.342 ft.
B. 163.0 D. 256.512 B. 3.658 ft. D. 3.872 ft.
6. How much water, in ft^3, spills out of Situation 5 - An open cylindrical tank
the car? 1.20 m in diameter and 1.80 m deep is full
A. 163.89 C. 196.38 of water and rotated about its vertical
B. 189.36 D. 139.86 axis at 60 rpm.
Situation 3 - A block of wood 0.6 m x 0.6 13. How much water is spilled?
m x “h” meters in dimension was thrown into A. 390 L C. 410 L
the water, it floats with 0.18 m projecting B. 400 L D. 420 L
above the water surface. The same block was
thrown into a container of a liquid having 14. What is the minimum pressure at the
a SG of 0.90 and it floats with 0.14 m. bottom of the tank?
projecting above the liquid surface. A. 10.56 kPa C. 15.39 kpa
B. 12.85 kPa D. 17.66 kPa
7. Determine the value of ‘h’.
A. 0.45 m. C. 0.30 m.
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15. What is the maximum pressure at the Situation 7 - An open cylindrical tank, 6
bottom of the tank? ft high and 3 ft in diameter, contains 4.50
A. 10.56 kPa C. 15.39 kPa ft of water. If the cylinder rotates about
B. 12.85 kPa D. 17.66 kPa its geometric axis, solve for the follow-
ing:
Situation 6 - Shown below is the cross sec-
tion of an earthwork (SG = 2.50) dam. As-
suming hydrostatic uplift varies linearly
from one-half the hydrostatic head at the
upstream edge of the dam to zero at the
downstream edge, find the following: Use
h = 97 ft, a = 10 ft, y1 = 30 ft,
y2 = 90 ft, and b = 70 ft.
19. Constant angular velocity that can be
attained without spilling any water.
16. Hydrostatic force acting on the verti- A. 6.55 rad/sec C. 9.83 rad/sec
cal face of the dam, in pounds. B. 9.27 rad/sec D. 13.91 rad/sec
A. 293560.8 C. 296350.8
B. 295630.8 D. 290356.8 20. Consider the tank is closed with the
air space subjected to a pressure of
17. Maximum soil pressure at the base of 15.5 psi. When the angular velocity is
the dam, in lb/ft^2. 12.0 rad/sec, what is the pressure in
A. -10585.83 C. -10583.58 psi at point C?
B. -10885.35 D. -10858.53 A. 0.92 psi C. 16.42 psi
B. 1.27 psi D. 16.77 psi
18. Minimum soil pressure at the base of
the dam, in lb/ft^2. 21. Refer to the above question, what is
A. -3493.79 C. -3439.97 the pressure in point D?
B. -3497.93 D. -3473.99 A. 3.10 psi C. 18.60 psi
B. 3.72 psi D. 19.22 psi
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