FLUID STATICS Cl 29

2.23

Figure 2-9 shows one pressurized tank inside another. If the sum of the readings of Bourdan gages A and B is
34.1 psi, and an aneroid barometer reads 29.90 inHg, what is the absolute pressure at A, in inHg?

h = p/y

hA + hB = 34.1/[(13.6)(62.4)/(12)1 = 69.44 inHg

(hA).b. = 29.90 + 69.44 = 99.34 inHg

Fig. 2-9
2.24

Determine the heights of columns of water, kerosene (ker), and nectar (s.g. = 2.94) equivalent to 277 mmHg.
040(YHO = (1/40)(YH2o) = (hker)(Yker) = (hnemir)(Ywar)
0.2771(13.6)(9.79)] = (hH2o)(9.79)
0 82

hR2o = 177 m

9 79

0.277[(13.6)(9.79)] = (hker)[( . )( . )1
0.277[(13.6)(9.79)] = (h.)[(2.94)(9.79)1

2.25

hker = 4.59 m

h ,r = 1.28 m

In Fig. 2-10, if h = 25.5 in, determine the pressure at A. The liquid has a specific gravity of 1.85.

p = yh = R1.85)(62.4)1[25.5/12] = 245.3 lb/ft 2 or 1.70 psi

Fig. 2-10
2.26

For the pressure vessel containing glycerin, with piezometer attached, as shown in Fig. 2-11, what is the
pressure at point A?

p = yh = [(1.26)(62.4)1(40.8/12) = 267 lb/ft2

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