THE UNIVERSITY OF DODOMA

SCHOOL OF MINES AND PETROLEUM

ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF MINING AND
MINERAL PROCESSING

MP 211: FLUID MECHANICS

TUTORIAL 2: FLUID STATICS 1
FIG.2
1. A U-tube manometer is connected to a closed
tank containing air and water as shown in figure 1. 3. Two pipes are connected by a manometer as
At the closed end of the manometer the air shown in figure 3. Determine the pressure
pressure is 110.3 kPa (abs). Determine the reading difference, PA-PB, between the pipes.
on the pressure gage for a differential reading of
1.2 m on the manometer. Express your answer in
kPa (gage). Assume standard atmospheric pressure
and neglect the weight of the air columns in the
manometer.

FIG.3

4. A U-tube manometer is connected to a closed

tank as shown in the Figure 4. The air pressure in
the tank is 3.4 kPa and the liquid in the tank is oil (
 =8.5kN/m3). The pressure at point A is 13.8
kPa. Determine: (a) the depth of oil z and (b) the
FIG.1
differential reading h on the manometer.
2. A closed cylindrical tank filled with water has a
hemispherical dome and is connected to an
inverted system as shown in fig 2. The liquid in
the top part of the piping system has a specific
gravity of 0.8, and the remaining parts of the
system are filled with water. If the pressure gage
reading at A is 60 kPa determine: (a) the pressure
in pipe B, and (b) the pressure head, in millimeters
of mercury, at the top of the dome (point C).

FIG.4

5. For the inclined-tube manometer of fig. 5 the

pressure in pipe A is 4.1kPa. The fluid in both
pipes A and B is water and the gage fluid in the
manometer has a specific gravity of 2.6. What is
1
the pressure in pipe B corresponding to the
differential reading shown?
FI
G.5
6. For the configuration shown in fig 6 what must
be the value of the specific weight of the unknown
fluid? Express your answer in N/m3
FIG.6
7. The inverted U-tube manometer of Fig. 7
contains oil (SG = 0.9) and water as shown. The
pressure differential between pipes A and B, p A –
pB is -5kPa. Determine the differential reading h.
2
FIG.7
8. In Fig.8 pipe A contains oil (SG = 0.7), pipe B
contains oil (SG = 0.9), and the manometer fluid is
mercury. Determine the new differential reading if
the pressure in pipe A is decreased 25kPa, and the
pressure in pipe B remains constant. The initial
differential reading is 0.30m as shown
FIG 8
9. Determine the new differential reading along
the inclined leg of the mercury manometer of fig
9, if the pressure in pipe A is decreased 10kPa and
the pressure in pipe B remains unchanged. The
fluid in A has a specific gravity of 0.9 and the
fluid in B is water.
FIG.9
10. Determine the change in the elevation of the
mercury in the left leg of the manometer of Fig. 10
as a result of an increase in pressure of 34.4 kPa in
pipe A while the pressure in pipe B remains
constant.

Fig. 12
FIG.1
0 13. For the closed tank with Bourdon –tube
gauges tapped into it (Fig. 13), what is the
11. Determine the gauge pressure in pipe A in specific gravity of the oil and the pressure
Fig. 11 reading on gage C?

Fig 11

12. What is the pressure at the centre of pipe B

in Fig. 12
Fig 13

Prof. J.W. Ntalikwa

MP 211 Instructor, 2018/2019