Summary for week three

Chapter 3 1. Know concepts for absolute pressure, gage pressure and atmospheric pressure pabs p patm Unless otherwise stated, the pressure refers to gage pressure. Pressure measured by a monometer is the gage pressure. 2. Pressure in fluid at depth h: Pressure change due to change in depth:
p h

p h 3. Understand the calculation in the following figure, which contains two kinds of fluid in a tank: patm PB 1hi

PC PB 1h1 1 (hi h1 )

PC PB 1h1 As Point C is lower than point B, pB < pC

h1 h2

hi B C

Fluid 1, 1

h1

PA 1h1 2 (h2 h1 ) PD PA 2h2

A

Fluid interface

Pressure on the interface: P 1h1

h2

Fluid 2, 2

4. Understand and know how to use the concept of constant pressure line: The pressure is a constant value on a line if: The line is horizontal The stationary fluid is uniform and The stationary fluid is continuous. 5. Understand how to derive the relationship between pressure and the manometer reading (Measurement of pressure) 6. Remember how to calculate the force on a flat plate (Please refer to the figure on page 20) Magnitude: FR Pc A Pc: pressure at the centroid, Pc hc (hc: liquid depth from surface to the centroid) A: Area of the plate Direction: normal to the surface I Location of action: y ' yc xc yc A Ixc: second moment of the area with respect to an axis passing through its centroid and parallel to the x axis. The expression for Ixc will be given. Please note the definition for yc (refer to the figure on page 20). It is different with hc. hc is the depth (in vertical direction) from the free surface to the centroid while yc is the distance from the centroid to the intersection between the plate (or its extension) to the free surface.