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    This document provides the problems for Problem Set #1 in the spring 2013 class 2.06 Fluid Dynamics at MIT. The goals of the problem set are to learn about fluid statics, pressure forces, and buoyancy forces, and apply these concepts to simple fluid engineering systems. The five problems address topics like hydrostatics, dam stability, oil containment booms, and implications of ice melting. Students are asked to calculate pressures, critical heights, forces on structures, water levels, and compare floating versus sinking ice blocks.

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    MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

    DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING


    2.06 Fluid Dynamics
    PROBLEM SET #1, Spring Term 2013
    Issued: Thursday, April 4, 2013 Due: Thursday, April 11, 2013, 1:05 PM

    Objective: The goals of this Problem Set are to (i) learn about fluid statics, pressure forces, and
    buoyancy forces (ii) apply these concepts to simple fluidic engineering systems.

    Problem 0: Please read chapter 2 in White.

    Problem 1: Shorter Concept Questions


    i. Hydrostatics

    The system above is open to atmospheric pressure (105 Pa) on its right side.
    a) If L=120 cm, what is the air pressure in container A?
    b) Conversely, if pA = 135 kPa, what is the length L? Assume the density of water and
    mercury are 1,000 kg/m3 and 13,560 kg/m3, respectively.

    ii. Some of you may have noticed that dams are much thicker at their bottom (e.g. see prob. 2).
    For example, in the Hoover dam example we considered in the class the thickness of the
    dam at the top is about 45 feet while the thickness at the bottom is about 660 feet. Can you
    explain why dams are built that way?

    iii. A 10-kg hollow copper ball, a 10-kg solid copper ball and a 10-kg solid copper cube are
    submerged in a liquid. Will the buoyancy forces acting on these three bodies be the same or
    different? Explain and justify your answer quantitatively.

    Page 1 of 3
    Problem 2

    An L- shaped gate can rotate about a hinge pin located at its vertex as shown in the figure above.
    As the water rises, the depth of the hinge pin, h, will reach a critical height hc and the gate will
    open. If the length of the lower horizontal arm is 1 m, please find the critical height hc. (Please
    neglect the weight of the gate.)

    Problem 3

    A concrete dam (ρconcrete=2500 kg/m3) of triangular cross-section spans 100 m into the page (i.e.,
    the wetted-area of the dam is 100 m (the length of AB) × 100 m (the width into the page) ) in a
    reservoir as shown above.

    a) Please calculate the total force on the dam due to the water and its direction
    b) Can this force tip the dam over? Please assume that the dry concrete-bedrock joint is
    capable of sustaining only negligible tensile stresses and very large compressional
    stresses. (Hint: What is the sign and magnitude of the moment about point C?)
    c) Suppose there is seepage of water between the concrete and the bedrock (along line AC).
    To what percentage of the length of line AC can water uniformly seep without the dam
    tipping?

    Page 2 of 3
    Problem 4
    Boom

    R h1
    Oil
    h2
    A A

    Oil Water
    Water

    Top View Side View (Section A-A)

    Consider a semi-circular boom of radius R that is deployed to contain oil spill near a dock as
    shown above. The boom floats on the water and acts as barrier for the spreading oil. The oil has a
    density ρo and water has density ρw (ρo < ρw). If a volume V of the oil is spilled, calculate:
    a) The elevation h1 of the top surface and the depth h2 of the bottom surface of the
    contained oil relative to the water surface outside the boom
    b) The forces exerted by the boom on the dock

    Problem 5
    Consider two glasses of water with cross-sectional area AG = 10 cm2 and a height of hG = 20 cm
    (see figure). In one of them we place an ice cube of cross-sectional area Ai = 2.5 cm2 and height
    hia=10 cm. In the other we place an ice block of cross-sectional area Ai = 2.5cm2 and height hib =
    40 cm. In both glasses the initial height of water is hw = 15cm. The density of water is ρw =
    1000kg/m3 and that of ice ρi = 916.6kg/m3.
    a) Determine if block “a”
    floats and block “b” rests at
    the bottom (Hint: calculate
    the different forces acting
    on the ice in the vertical
    direction in each case).

    b) We now let the ice melt.


    Calculate the water height
    in both cases after the ice
    melts.

    c) What is the implication for


    potential melting of the ice
    in the Arctic vs. the
    Antarctic?

    Page 3 of 3
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    2.06 Fluid Dynamics


    Spring 2013

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