ME412

PROBLEMS ON HYDROSTATICS
1. If a depth of liquid of 1m causes a pressure of 7kPa, what is the specific gravity of
the liquid?
2. What is the pressure, 12.5 m bellow the ocean?
3. If the pressure 23m below a liquid is 338.445 kPa, determine its unit weight, mass
density, and SG.
4. If the pressure in the air space above an oil (SG=.75) surface in a close tank is 115
kPa, what is the gage pressure 2 m below the surface?
5. Find the absolute pressure in kPa at a depth of 10 m below the free surface of oil
sg=.75 if the barometric reading is 752 mmHg.
6. A pressure gage 6m above the bottom of the tank containing a liquid reads 90 Kpa.
Another gage height 4m read 103 kPa. Determine the specific weight of the liquid.
7. If atmospheric pressure is 95.7 Kpa, and the gage attached to the tank reads 188
mmHg vacuum, find the absolute pressure within the tank.
8. Provided the figure on the board, if the atmospheric pressure is 101.03 kPa and the
absolute pressure at the bottom of the tank is 231.3 kPa, what is the specific
gravity of olive oil?
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