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Introduction

UTubeManometer

Fluidstatics
Pressure
Pascal'sLaw

In (Fig : L 8.2), a manometer with two vertical limbs forms a Ushaped measuring tube. A liquid of different
density is used as a manometric fluid. We may recall the Pascal's law which states that the pressure on a
horizontalplaneinacontinuousfluidatrestisthesame.ApplyingthisequalityofpressureatpointsBandCon
theplanegives

Basicequationsoffluidstatics
Pressurevariations
PressureMeasuringDevices

InclinedManometer
Hydrostaticforceonsubmergedsurfaces
HydrostaticforceonaCurvedSubmerged
surface

L8.2

Buoyancy
Buoyantforceinalayeredfluid
Stability
ComputationoftheMetacentricHeight
LiquidsinRigidBodyMotion
Uniformaccelerationofaliquidcontainer

Fig:L8.2.1
Fig:L8.2.2
UtubeManometer

LiquidinRigidbodymotionpartII
Cylinderliquidfilledcontainer
SolvedproblemsBasicequationsoffluid
statics
SolvedproblemsPressureMeasuring
Devices
SolvedproblemsHydrostaticforceon
submergedsurfaces
SolvedproblemsBuoyancy
SolvedproblemsStability
SolvedproblemsLiquidsinRigidBody
Motion
SolvedproblemsLiquidinRigidbody
motionpartII
Kinematicsoffluidflow
Dynamicsoffluidflow
DimensionalAnalysisandHydraulicsimilitude

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