Home work #1 in Fluid

Mechanics
Fluid Properties, Static Pressure, Manometry

1. Four acrobats of mass 75kg, 68kg, 62kg and 55kg form

a human tower, with each acrobat standing on the
shoulders of another acrobat. The 75kg acrobat is at the
bottom of the tower. (a) What is the normal force acting
on the 75kg acrobat? (b) If the area of each of the 75kg
acrobats shoes is 425cm2, what average pressure (not
including atmospheric pressure) does the column of
acrobats exert on the floor? (c) Will the pressure be the
same if a different acrobat is on the bottom?
2. Calculate the absolute pressure at the bottom of a
freshwater lake at a depth of 27.5m. Assume the density
of the water is 1x103 kg/m3 and the air above is at a
pressure of 101.3kPa. (b) What force is exerted by the
water on the window of an underwater vehicle at this

3. A collapsible plastic bag contains a glucose

solution. If the average gauge pressure in the vein
is 1.33x103 Pa, what must be the minimum height
h of the bag in order to infuse glucose into the
vein? Assume the specific gravity of the solution is
1.02.
4. A container is filled to a depth of 20cm with
water. On top of the water floats a 30cm-thick
layer of oil with specific gravity 0.700. What is the
absolute pressure at the bottom of the container?

5. A bottle has a mass of 35g when empty and 98.44g when filled
with water. When filled with another fluid, the mass is 88.78g. What is
the specific gravity of this fluid?
6. Two pipes are connected by a manometer as shown. Determine the
pressure difference PA-PB between the pipes. (refer to my drawing)
7. A differential pressure gage mounted on a vessel shows 1.25MPa
and a local atmospheric pressure of 0.96 bar. Find the absolute
pressure inside the vessel.

8. The absolute pressure in the tank is 85kPa and the

local ambient absolute pressure is 97kPa. If a U-tube with
mercury is attached to the tank to measure the vacuum,
what column height difference will it show? (see drawing
for reference)