Department of Civil Engineering

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Assignment No. 2

Course Coordinator name: Mr. Vishal Kumar Dhiman

Course code: CE301
CE (Batch 2018) Semester III
Course Title: Fluid Mechanics
Question No. 1. Find the depth of oil of specific gravity 0.96, which will produce pressure intensity of
4.5 kgf/cm2 or 441.45 kN/m2.
Question No.2. What is the pressure exerted in kN/m2 at point 1080 mm below the free surface of water
or by vertical column 1070 mm of water.
Question No. 3. U-tube containing mercury has its right limb opened to the atmosphere. The left limb is
full of water and is connected to a pipe containing water under pressure, the centre of which is in level
with the free surface of mercury. Find the pressure of water in the pipe above atmosphere, if the
difference of level of mercury in the limbs is 7.5 cm.
Question No. 4. Two pressure points in a water pipe are connected to a manometer which has the form of
an inverted U- tube. The space above the water in the two limbs of the manometer is filled with toluene
(sp. Gr. 0.875). If the difference of level of water column in the two limbs reads 12.0 cm, what is the
corresponding difference of pressure?
Question No. 5. Express pressure intensity of 1 kg/cm2 in all possible units. Take the barometric reading
as 72 cm mercury.
Question No. 6. Find the pressure in kgf/cm2 or kN/m2 on a point 150 m below the surface of ocean.
Take specific gravity of sea water as 1.03.
Question No. 7. Find the depth of liquid having a specific gravity of 1.25 which will produce pressure
intensity of 5 kgf/cm2.
Question No. 8. . Circular water tank having diameter 15 m used for the emergency water supply for
firefighting purpose kept 40 m high is half filled with water. Find
a. The intensity of water pressure on the bottom of the tank.
b. The total force on the bottom
c. The maximum, minimum and average intensity of pressure the vertical wall
d. The total force on the vertical wall
Question No. 9. What is the gauge pressure in cm of mercury when the pressure at a point is 0.85 kgf/cm2
absolute and 18 m of water abs.

Question No. 10. Explain with the help of a sketch-

 Piezometer tube
 U-tube manometer
 Single column manometer
 Differential manometer