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Density:
= 7 / 9.81
= 713.56 kg/m3
Specific Volume:
v = 1 / 713.56
v = 1.401 x 10-3 m3/kg
Specific Gravity:
s = 7000 / 9798 , specific weight of water at 15C is 9.789 N/m3
s = 0.714
2) A certain gas weighs 16N/m3 at a certain temperature and pressure. What are the values of its density,
specific volume, and specific gravity relative to air weighing 12 N/m3?
Specific Gravity:
s = w / wair
s = 16 / 12
s = 1.33
Density:
= 16 / 9.81
= 1.631 kg / m3
Specific Volume:
v = 1 / 1.631
v = 0.613 m3 / kg
3) If 5.30 m3 of a certain oil weighs 43,860 N, calculate the specific weight, density and specific gravity of this
oil.
Specific Weight:
w = weight / volume
w = 43860 / 5.30
w = 8275.47 N / m3
Density:
= specific weight of oil / g
= 8275.47 / 9.81
= 843.58 kg / m3
Specific Gravity:
s = density of oil / density of water
s = 843.58 / 1000
s = 0.84
1 CHAPTER ONE - Properties of Fluids EXERCISE PROBLEM
1. If a certain gasoline weighs 7 KN/m3 , what are the values of its density, specific volume, and specific gravity
relative to water at 150C?
2. A certain gas weighs 16N/m3 at a certain temperature and pressure. What are the values of its density, specific
volume, and specific gravity relative to air weighing 12N/m3?
3. If 5.30m3 of a certain oils weighs 43,860 N, calculate the specific weight, density and specific gravity of this oil.
a.) w = b.) = c.) s = ws = 43.860 5.30 3 = 43860 ./2 ( 9.81 2 )(5.30 3) = 8.28
/3 9.81 /3 w = 8.28 KN/m3 = 843.58 kg/m3 s = 0.844
4. The density of alcohol is 790 Kg/m3 . Calculate its specific weight, specific gravity and specific volume.
5. A cubic meter of air at 101.3 KPa and 150C weighs 12 N. What is its specific volume?
6. At a depth of 8 km in the ocean the pressure is 82.26 MPa. Assume the specific weight on the surface to be 10.10
KN/m3 and that the average bulk modulus is 2344 MPa for that pressure range. (a) What will be the change in
specific volume between at the surface and at the depth? (b) What will be the specific volume at that depth? (c)
What will be the specific weight at that depth?
7. To two significant figures what is the bulk modulus of water in KN/m2 at 500C under a pressure of 30 MN/m2?
8. If the dynamic viscosity of water at 20 degree C is 1x10-3 N.s/m2, what is the kinematic viscosity in the English
units?
10. A volume of 450 liters of a certain fluids weighs 3.50 KN. Compute the mass density.
(1 m3= 1000 liters). 450 liters ( 13 1000 ) = 0.45 m3 = = 3.5(1000) 9.81(0.45) = 792.85 kg/m3
11. Compute the number of watts which equivalent to one horsepower.
12. A city of 6000 population has an average total consumption per person per day of 100 gallons. Compute the
daily total consumption of the city in cibic meter per second.
(1 ft3 = 7.48 gallons). 100 Gallon ( 1 3 7.48 ) ( 1 3 3.28 3 ) = 0.379 m3 P = 6000 (0.379 m3) P =
2274 m3 D.C. = ( ) = ( 2274 3 606024 ) D.C. = 0.026 m3/s
1. If the pressure 3 m below the free surface of the liquid is 140 KPa, calculate its specific weight and specific
gravity.
Solution: a.) P=wh b.) W=p/n S=W/ws =140kPa/3m =46.67/9.81 W=46.67KN/m3 S=4.76
2. If the pressure at the point in the ocean is 1400 KPa, what is the pressure 30 m below this point? The specific
gravity of salt water is 1.03.
3. 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?
4. How many meters of water are equivalent to a pressure of 100 KPa? How many cm. of mercury?
5. What is the equivalent pressure in KPa corresponding to one meter of air at 15C under standard atmospheric
condition?
6. At sea level a mercury barometer reads 750 mm and at the same time on the top of the mountain another
mercury barometer reads 745 mm. The temperature of air is assumed constant at 15C and its specific weight
assumed uniform at 12 N/m3. Determine the height of the mountain.
7. At ground level the atmospheric pressure is 101.3 KPa at 15C. Calculate the pressure at point 6500 m above
the ground, assuming (a) no density variation, (b)an isothermal variation of density with pressure.
9. Determine the absolute pressure corresponding to a vacuum of 30 cm of mercury when the barometer reads 750
mm of mercury.
10. Fig. shows two closed compartments filled with air. Gage (1) reads 210 KPa, gage (2) reds 25 cm of mercury.
What is the reading of gage (3)? Barometric pressure is 100 KPa. (1) (2)
11. If the pressure in a gas tank is 2.50 atmospheres, find the pressure in KPa and the pressure head in meter of
water.
12. The gage at the sunction side of a pump shows a vacuum of 25 cm of mercury. Compute (a) Pressure head in
meter of water, (b) pressure in KPa, (c) absolute pressure in KPa if the barometer read 755 cm of mercury.
13. Oil of specific gravity 0.80 is being pumped. A pressure gage located downstream of the pump reads 280 KPa.
What is the pressure head in meter of oil?
14. The pressure of air inside a tank containing air and water is 20 KPa absolute. Determine the gage pressure at
point 1.5 m below the water surface. Assume standard atmospheric pressure.
15. A piece of 3 m long and having a 30 cm by 30 cm is placed in a body of water in a vertical position. If the timber
weights 6.5 12 KN/m3what vertical force is required to hold it to its upper end flush with the water surface?
16. A glass tube 1.60 m long and having a diameter of 2.5 cm is inserted vertically into a tank of oil (sg = 0.80) with
the open end down and the close end uppermost. If the open end is submerged 1.30 m from the oil surface,
determine the height from which the oil will rise from the tube. Assume barometric pressure is 100 KPa and neglect
vapor pressure.
17. A gas holder at sea level contains illuminating gas under a pressure equivalent under a 5 cm of water. What
pressure in cm of water is expected in a distributing pipe at a point of 160 m above sea level? Consider standard
atmospheric pressure at sea level and assume the unit weighs of air and gas to be constant at all elevations with
values of 12 N/m3and 6 N/m3respectively.
18. If the barometric pressure is 758 mm of mercury, calculate the value h of figure. Gage reads 25 cm Hg
sunction mercury h Solution: P = (13.6)(9.81)(7.08) p =wh P = 1,011.29 kpa h = p/w h = 1,011.29/9.81 h = 103.08 m
19. The manometer of figure is tapped to a pipeline carrying oil (sg = 0.85). Determine the pressure at the center of
the pipe. mercury 75 cm oil 150 cm
20. Determine the gage reading of the manometer system of figure. air water 20cm Gage 3m Mercury Solution: P =
wsh + wsh P = (9.81) (13.6) (0.75) + (9.81) (0.85) (1.5) P = 112.6 kpa
12. Solution: P = -wsh Pg = wsh - wsh P = - (9.81) (0.2) (13.6) Pg = 9.81 (3) (9.81) (13.6) (0.2) P = -26.68
kpa Pg = 2.75 kpa
21. In fig. calculate the pressure at point m. Liquid (s= 1.60) water 55 cm m 30 cm .
Solution: Pm = wsh wsh Pm = (9.81) (1.60) (0.55) (9.81) (3) Pm = 5.70 kpa
22. In fig. find the pressure and pressure at point m ; Fluid A is oil (s= 0.90), Fluid B is carbon tetrachloride (s= 1.50)
and fluid C is air. B C 60 cm A 45 cm m
13 Solution: a) Pb = -wsh Pm = -8.829 + 0 Pb = - (9.81) (1.5) (0.6) Pm = -8.829 kpa Pb = - 8.829 kpa 23.
Compute the gage and absolute pressure at point m at the fig. ; Fluids A and C is air, Fluid B is mercury. C A m 2
cm B 6 cm
Solution: Pg = - wsh Pabs = Patm + Pg Pg = - (9.81) (13.6) (0.06) Pabs = 101.3 10.67 Pg = - 10.67 kpa
Pabs = 90.63 kpa
24. The pressure at point m is increased from 70 KPa to 105 KPa. This causes the top level of mercury to move 20
cm in the sloping tube. What is the inclination ? Water mercury b) h = p/w h = -8.82/9.81 h = -1.0 m
14 . Solution: P = wsh 10.5 26.68sin = 0 P = (9.81) (13.6) (0.20) 26.68sin = 10.5 P = 26.68 kpa = 22.6
25. In fig. determine the elevation of the liquid surface in each piezometer. EL. 7 m (s= 0.75) EL. 4.5 m (s= 1.00)
EL. 4.35 m EL. 2.15 m EL. 2 m (s= 1.50)
26. In fig. fluid A is water, fluid B is oil(s= 0.85). Determine the pressure difference between points m and n.
15 Solution: Pm = wsh + wsh Pm = (9.81) (0.4) (3) + (0.4) (9.81) (0.9) Pm = 14.13 kpa
27. In fig. determine . water n m 90 cm 52 cm 105 cm 65 cm 45 cm Mercury Solution: Pm/w + 1.05 (13.6)
(0.65) + 0.45 (13.6) (0.52) 0.38 = Pn/w Pm Pn = [ (13.6) (0.65) (1.05) 1.05 - 0.45 + 0.52 (13.6) + 0.38] 9.81
Pm Pn = 149 kpa
28. In fig. Fluid A is has a specific gravity of 0.90 and fluid B has a specific gravity of 3.00. Determine the
pressure at point m. B 12 mm. D 3 mm. D 36 cm 12 cm, D 40 cm m