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This document contains an assignment with 17 questions related to fluid power and hydraulics. The questions cover topics such as pressure calculations, fluid properties, hydraulic component sizing, and viscometer operation. Students are asked to calculate pressures, volumes, flow rates, forces, and viscosities for various hydraulic systems and fluid samples. They are also asked to define hydraulic fluid properties and terms.

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Benha University Level 3 (Power & Energy)

Faculty of Engineering at Shoubra


Sustainable Energy Department Fluid power

Assignment (2) fundamentals

1. Find the pressure on a man diving in red sea who has descended to a
depth of 18 m assuming water density 1100 kg/m3. Find the absolute
pressure on the body of the man.
2. A cylindrical container has a diameter of 0.8 m and height of 2 m. If it is
to be filled with a liquid having a weight density of 1800 N/m3, how many
kg of this liquid must be added?
3. A liter of SAE 30 oil weights 8.70 N. Calculate the oil’s
a. Mass density
b. Weight density (Specific weight)
c. Specific gravity
4. A 160 cm3 sample of oil of 1.7 GPa bulk modulus is compressed in a
cylinder until its pressure is increased from 10 bar to 150 bar. Find the
change in volume of the oil.
5. For the fluid power automotive lift system of the figure below, the
hydraulic piston has a 250 mm diameter. How much oil pressure (kPa) is
required to lift a 13,300N automobile?

6. In the hydraulic press shown in the figure, a force of 100 N is exerted on


the small piston.
a. Determine the upward force on the large piston. The area of the small
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piston is 50 cm2, and the area of the large piston is 500 cm2.
b. If the small piston moves 10 cm, how far will the large piston move?
Assume the oil to be incompressible.

7. A 500 cm3 sample of oil is compressed in a cylinder until its pressure is


increased from 1 atm to 50 atm. If the bulk modulus equals 1750 MPa,
find the percent change in volume of the oil.
8. For the pressure booster/intensifier in the figure below, the following
data are given:
Inlet air pressure (P1) = 1MPa, Air Piston area (A1) = 0.02 m2
Oil Piston area (A2) = 0.001 m2, Load carrying capacity (F) = 300,000N
Find the required load piston area, A3.

9. Oil with specific gravity 0.9 enters a tee connection, as shown in


figure, with velocity v1= 5 m/s. the diameter at section 1 is 10 cm, the
diameter at section 2 is 7 cm, and the diameter at section 3 is 6 cm. If
equal flow rates are to occur at sections 2 and 3, find v2, v3.

10. The power and the load carrying capacity of a hydraulic cylinder
(extension direction) are 10 kW and 20,000 N, respectively.
a- Find the piston velocity in units of m/s.
b- What will be the power consumed if the piston returns the same load

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at a velocity of 3 m/s.
11. A hydraulic system is powered by a 5 kW electric motor and
operates at 10 Mpa. Assuming no losses, what is the flow rate through
the system in units of m3/s?
12. A hydraulic cylinder is to compress a car body down to bale size in
8 s. The operation requires a 3 m stroke and a 40,000 N force. If a 10 MPa
pump has been selected, find
a-The required piston area (m2)
b-The necessary pump flow rate (m3/s)
c-The hydraulic power (kW) delivered by the cylinder
13. An operator makes 20 complete cycles during a 15 sec interval
using the hand pump in the figure. Each complete cycle consists of two
pump strokes (intake and power). The pump has a 5.08 cm diameter
piston and the load cylinder has a 10.16 cm diameter piston. The average
hand force is 88.9 N during each power stroke.
a- How much load can be lifted?
b- Through what distance will the load be moved during the 15 sec
interval assuming no oil leakage? The pump piston has a 7.62 cm
stroke.
c- What is the output power (Watt) assuming 90% efficiency?

14. What are the basic functions of fluid in hydraulic system?


15. State some important characteristics of hydraulic fluids
16. Define the following terms
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a- Viscosity
b- Fire point
c- Pour point.
d- Bulk modulus
e- Viscosity index (VI)
17. Describe the operation of both Saybolt viscometer and the glass
capillary viscometer.
18. An oil has a viscosity of 230 SUS at 60 oC. Find the corresponding
viscosity in units of centistokes and centipoises.

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