ChE 304 Uniform Acceleration Example Tank Problem

An 80-cm-high fish tank of cross section 2m x 0.6m that is initially filled with water is to be transported on the back of a truck. The truck accelerates from 0 to 90 km/h in 10 s. If it is desired that no water spills during acceleration, determine the allowable initial water height in the tank.

! p r p

= g-a = 0; p = - ray ; p

= - r Hg + az L x y z Writing in terms of the total differential dp = - ray dy - r Hg + az L dz Picking two points 1 and 2 p2 - p1 = - ray Hy2 - y1 L - r Hg + az L Hz2 - z1 L Picking points 1 and 2 on the free surface yields p1 = p2 and - ay Dz = z2 - z1 = Hy2 - y1 L g + az From trig - ay z2 - z1 = tan q = y2 - y1 g + az

z2 - z1 tan q = y2 - y1

Hz2 -z1 L

Hy2 -y1 L

h = 0.8 m; b = 2 m; w = 0.6 m; v0 = 0 km hr; vf = 90 km hr; 1000 m hr Dv = Hvf - v0 L ; km 3600 s Dt = 10.0 s;

UniformAccelerationInATank.nb

ay =

Dv Dt

2.5 m s2 az = 0; g = 9.81 tanq = m s2 ay ;

g + az

0.254842

From the original figure Long side orientated along the line of acceleration
Dz = b 2 tanq 100 25.4842 cm cm m

Short side orientated along the line of acceleration

Dz = w 2 tanq 100 7.64526 cm cm m