FLUID MECHANICS REFRESHER SET

SITUATION 1: A hollow cylinder 1.0 m in diameter and 2.8 m long weighs 3.84 kN.

1. Determine the weight of lead (unit weight = 110 kN/m 3)must be fastened to the outside bottom to
make the cylinder float vertically with 2.3 m submerged in fresh water.
a. 18.55 b. 15.25 c. 12.70 d. 17.54

2. Determine the weight of lead must be placed inside the cylinder to make the cylinder float
vertically with 2.3 m submerged in fresh water.
a. 17.96 b. 12.70 c. 13.88 d. 14.54

3. Calculate the additional load assuming the lead is placed inside the cylinder to make the top of
the cylinder flushed with the water surface?
a. 3.85 kN b. 5.70 c. 8.36 d. 7.33

SITUATION 2: An open cylindrical tank having a radius of 0.30 m and a height of 1.20 m is filled with
water at a depth of 0.90 m.

4. How fast will it be rotated about its vertical axis if half of its volume is spilled out?
a. 191.54 rpm b. 178.34 c. 156.21 d. 145.84

5. Find the speed of rotation about its vertical axis so that no water will be spilled out?
a. 132.85 rpm b. 121.70 c. 133.84 d. 109.21

6. Determine the speed of rotation about its vertical axis to produce zero pressure with 0.20 m from
the center of the tank.
a. 207.22 rpm b. 222.75 c. 198.56 d. 211.45

SITUATION 3: If 12 m^2 of nitrogen at 30° C and 125 kPa absolute pressure is expanded isothermally to 30
m^3, use k = 1.40 and constant = pV^k for an isentropic condition.

7. Find the resulting pressure.

a. 75 kPa b. 50 c. 45 d. 30

8. Find the pressure in an isentropic condition.

a. 34.7 kPa b. 44.1 c. 50 d. 62.4

9. Find the temperature in an isentropic condition. Use T2/T1 = (p2/p1)^(k-1)/k

a. -30°C b. 30°C c. -63°C d. 63°C

10. If K = 2.2 GPa is the bulk modulus of elasticity of water, what pressure is required to reduce a
volume by 0.6 percent?
a. 15.7 MPa b. 12.5 c. 14.5 d. 13.2

11. These are the liquids that vaporizes easily.

a. Ideal b. Newtonian c.Volatile d. Bingham

SITUATION 4: In the figure shown below after question 14,

12. Find the draft of the cylinder.

a. 0.655 m b. 0.485 c. 1.031 d. 0.933

13. Find the center of buoyancy from the bottom of the cylinder.
a. 0.650 b. 0.375 c. 0.466 d. 0.500

14. Determine the metacenter belwow the center of buoyancy.

a. 0.154 m b. 0.125 c. 0.241 d. 0.186
SITUATION 5: The canal shown in cross section in the figure runs 40 m into the paper.

15. Determine the horizontal hydrostatic force. Use unit weight = 9.79 kN/cu m
a. 65,112 kN b. 63,439 c. 61,127 d. 58,786

16. Determine the magnitude of the hydrostatic force.

a. 175,002 kN b. 118,130 c. 154,207 d. 131,284

17. Find the vertical location of the center of pressure from A.

a. 8.33 m b. 9.54 c. 11.55 d. 9.07

SITUATION 6: A rectangular tank if internal width of 5 m as shown in the figure, contains oil of sp gr =
0.8 and water.

18. Find the depth of oil,h.

a. 1.75 m b. 1.55 c. 1.30 d. 1.25

19. Find the volume displaced by the block if a 1000 N block of wood is floated in the oil.
a. 1.274 m b. 1.057 c. 1.139 d. 1.047
 20. Find the rise in free surface of the water in contact with air?
a. 17.5 mm b. 13.6 c. 15.7 d. 10.6

SITUATION 7: A tank contains oil (s = 0.80), gasoline (s = 0.90) and sea water (s = 1.03 ). If the depths
of the liquids are 0.5 m ,0.8 m and 1 for oil, gasoline, and sea water respectively.

21. Determine the pressure at a depth of 1.2 m

a. 19.62 kPa b. 10.10 c. 15.74 d. 18.33

22. Determine the pressure at the depth of 1.8 m.

a. 17.55 b. 18.07 c. 19.12 d. 16.04

23. Determine the presuure throughout the bottom.

a. 20.77 b. 29.12 c. 22.19 d. 21.09

SITUATION 8: The buoy in figure shown has 80 N of steel weight attached. The buoy has lodged against a
rock 2 m deep. Assume the weight of water is 45.62 N,

24. Determine the length L of the submerged buoy.

a. 2.33 m b. 1.75 c. 1.5 d. 2

25. Determine the angle with the horizontal at which the buoy will lean assuming the rock exerts no
moment on the buoy.
a. 45° b. 53° c. 55° d. 59°

SITUATION 8: If the specific weight of a liquid is 8.1 kN/m^3,

26. Calculate the specific gravity of the liquid.

a. 0.75 b. 0.83 c. 0.60 d. 0.92

27. Calculate the density.

a. 870 kg/m^3 b. 830 c. 600 d. 920

28. What substance is most likely for that liqu id?

a. Sea water b. Molasses c. Oil d. Mercury

SITUATION 9: A space 16 mm wide between two large plane surfaces is filled with SAE 30 Western
lubricating oil at 35°C. Assume μ = 0.18 N.s/m^2

29. What force is required to drag a very thin plate 0.4 sq m area between the surfaces v = 0.25 m/s
if this plate is equally spaced between the two surfaces?
a. 5 N b. 3.75 c. 2.25 d. 4.50

30. What force is required to drag a very thin plate 0.4 sq m area between the surfaces v = 0.25 m/s
if this plate thickness is 5 mm?
a. 6.47 N b. 4.87 c. 5.24 d. 4.79

SITUATION 10: An open tank 3 m by 3 m in horizontal section weighs 3.6 kN and contains water to a depth
of 1 m. It is acted by an unbalanced force of 16 kN parallel to a pair of sides.

31. Determine the acceleration of the tank.

a. 1.71 m/s^2 b. 2.76 c. 3.54 d. 1.59

32. Determine the height of the tank so that no water will spill out.
a. 2.44 m b. 1.26 c. 1.82 d. 2.05
 33. If the acceleration is increased by 4 m/s^2, how much water will be spilled out?
a. 7.25 m^3 b. 6.15 c. 4.92 d. 3.25

SITUATION 11: Describe the following terms as follows:

34. A ship floating in seawater is table if the metacentric height is:

a. below the center of gravity
b. above the center of gravity
c. coincides with the center of gravity
d. the draft of the ship causes a buoyant force equal to the weight of the ship and its cargo.

35. A device used to measure pressure heads in pipes where the liquid is in motion.
a. U tube b. Barometer c. Piezometer d. Manometer

36. It refers to the pressures that are above or below the atmosphere and can be measured by pressure
gages or manometers.
a. Atmospheric pressure c. Barometric pressure
c. Absolute pressure d. Relative pressure

37. A gage pressure at elevation 6 m at the side of a tank containing a liquid reads 80 kPa. Another
gage at elevation 4 m reads 100 kPa. What is the specific gravity of the liquid?
a. 1.02 b. 1.04 c. 1.21 d. 1.14

38. Piston A has a cross section of 1200 sq cm while that of piston B is 950 sq cm with the l atter
higher than piston A by 1.75 m. If the intervening passages are filled with oil whose specific
gravity is 0.8, what is the difference in pressure between A and B?
a. 19.55 kPa b. 13.73 c. 18.44 d. 16.23

SITUATION 12: A vertical plate shown is sub merged in vinegar (sg = 0.80). Assume unit weight of water is
9.79 kN/cu m.

39. Find the depth of the center of pressure of section A1 from the liquid surface.
a. 5.56 m b. 6.24 c. 4.79 d. 7.11

40. Find the magnitude of the hydrostatic force on one side of the plate.
a. 1344 kN b. 1479 c. 905 d. 1134

41. Find the depth of the center of pressure of the whole section from the liquid surface.
a. 7.23 m b. 4.19 c. 6.55 d. 9.18

SITUATION 13: A concrete dam retaining water is shown. If unit weight of co ncrete is 23.5 kN/cu m,

42. Calculate the hydrostatic force.

a. 184.75 b. 176.20 c. 155.26 d. 194.17

43. Calculate the factor of safety against overturning. Use μ = 0.48

a. 3.42 b. 2.75 c. 1.86 d. 1.54
 44. Calculate the minimum pressure intensity.
a. 56.9 kPa b. 64.7 c. 73.4 d. 82.6

SITUATION 14: A cylindrical container 8 m long high and 3 m in diameter is reinforced with two hoops 1 m
from each end.

45. Determine the hydrostatic force.

a. 960.18 kN b. 941.76 c. 855.79 d. 820.06

46. Determine the tension at the upper end.

a. 164.9 kN b. 141.6 c. 135.3 d. 130.8

47. Determine the tension at the lower end.

a. 475.59 kN b. 340.08 c. 256.64 d. 483.37

48. For the configuration shown, calculate the weight of the piston if the pressure gage reading is 70
kPa.

a. 84.77 kN b. 56.56 c. 61.61 d. 39.15

49. Calculate the density of nitrogen at an absolute pressure of 1 MPa at 40°C.

a. 15.55 kg/m^3 b. 13.35 c. 12.05 d. 10.75

50. A block of wood requires a force of 40 N to keep it immersed in water and force of 100 N to keep
it immersed in glycerin (s = 1.3). Find the weight of the wood.
a. 185 N b. 160 c. 135 d. 120