CHAPTER 1

1. Find the mass density of helium at a temperature of 4o C and a pressure of 184kpa gage, if
atmospheric pressure is 101.92kpa. ( R=2079J/kg oK )

2. Water in a hydraulic press, initially at 137kpa absolute, is subjected to a pressure of 116, 280kpa
absolute. Using Eß =2.5GPa, determine the percentage decrease in the volume of water.

3. If the viscosity of water at 70o C is 0.00402 poise and its specific gravity is 0.978, determine its
absolute viscosity in Pa-s and its kinematic viscosity in m2/s and in stokes.

4. Estimate the capillarity depression for mercury in a glass capillarity tube 2mm in diameter. Use ơ =
0.514N/m and θ= 140o C.

5. Distilled water in a glass tube of 9mm diameter at a height of 24mm. What is the true static height?
Use ơ= 0.072N/m.

6. An 18kg slab slides down a 15o inclined plane on a 3mm thick film of oil with viscosity µ= 0.0814Pa-s.
If the contact area is o.3m2, find the terminal velocity of the slab. Neglect air resistance.

7. At 32o C and 205kpa gage, the specific weight pf a certain gas was 13.7N/m3. Determine the gas
constant of this gas.

8. A cylindrical tank 80cm in diameter and 90cm high is filled with a liquid. The tank and the liquid
weighed 420kg. The weight of the empty tank is 40kg. What is the unit weight of the liquid in kN/m3 ?

9. At what pressure will 80o C water boil (vapor pressure of water 80o C= 47.4kpa)

10. An atomizer forms water droplets 45µm in diameter. Determine the excess pressure within those
droplets using ơ= 0.0712N/m3 .

11. If the specific volume of a certain gas is 0.7848m3/kg, what is its specific weight?

CHAPTER 2

1. If the pressure in the air space above an oil (s=0.75) surfaced in a closed tank is 115kpa absolute,
what is the gage pressure 2m below the surface?
2. In the figure shown, if the atmospheric pressure is 101.03kpa and the absolute pressure at the
bottom of the tank is 231.3 kpa, what is the specific gravity of olive oil?

3. Assuming specific weight of air to be constant at 12N/m3, what is the approximate height of Mount
Banahaw if a mercury barometer at the base of the mountain reads 654mm and at the same instant,
another barometer at the top of the mountain reads 480mm ?

4. A hydraulic press is used to raise an 80kN cargo truck. If oil of specific gravity of 0.82 acts on the
piston under a pressure of 10Mpa

5. A drum700mm in diameter and filled with water has a vertical pipe,20mm in diameter, attached
to the top. How many Newtons of water must be poured into the pipe to exert a force of 6500N on
the top of the drum?

6. For t he tank shown in the figure, h1= 3m and h3= 4m. Determine the value of h2?

7. In the figure shown, what is the static pressure in the air chamber?

8. Determine the value of y in the manometer shown in the figure.

9. An open manometer attached to a pipe shows a deflection of 150mm Hg with the lower level of
mercury 450mm below the center-line of the pipe carrying water. Calculate the pressure at the
center-line of the pipe.

10. In the figure shown, determine the height h of water and the gage reading at A when the absolute
pressure at B is 290 kpa.

11. A differential manometer is attached to a pipe as shown. Calculate the pressure difference
between points A and B.

12. A bicycle tire is inflated at sea level where the atmspheric pressure is 101.3kpa and the
temperature is 21o C to 445kpa. Assuming the tire does not expand, what is the gage pressure within
the tire on the top of a mountain where the altitude is 6000m, atmospheric pressure is 47.22kpa and
the temperature is 5oC ?
13. If the pressure 23m below a liquid is 338.445kpa, determine its unit weight, mass density and
specific gravity

14. In the figure shown, determine the weight W that can be carried by the 15kN force acting on the
piston

15. The weight density of a mud is given by Ɣ= 10+0.5h, where Ɣ is in kN/m3 and h is in meters.
Determine the pressure in kpa, at the depth of 5m.

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