Hydraulics Problem Set 2

1) The ratio of the container diameter to the tube diameter is 10.

When air in the container is at atmospheric pressure, the free
surface in the tube is at position A. When the container is
pressurized, the liquid in the tube moves 50 cm up the tube
from position A to position B. What is the pressure of air in the
container to cause this deflection? The density of the liquid is
1.3. Use specific weight of water equal to 9790 N/m3.
2) The diameters of the two cylinders A and B in the
figure shown are 75 mm and 600 mm,
respectively. The face of the piston is 1.2 m
above the face of the weight platform. The space
in between the piston and the weight is filled
with oil (s.g.=0.80). If W=15000 N, Determine the
following: (2.1) force F required to maintain
equilibrium.

a) 38.6 N b) 86.3 N c) 63.8N d) 83.6 N

(2.2) the pressure develop on the face of the piston.

a)36.4kPa b) 43.6 kPa c) 64.3 kPa d) 64.3 kPa

(2.3) The pressure develop on the face of the weight platform.

a) 53.05kPa b) 43.05 kPa c) 63.05kPa d) 33.05kPa

3) A tank with an attached manometer contains water at 200C. The

atmospheric pressure is 100kPa. There is a valve located 1m from the
surface of the water in the manometer. The valve is closed trapping the
air in the manometer, and the water is added to the tank to the level of
the valve. Find the increase in the elevation of the water in the
manometer assuming the air in the manometer is compressed
isothermally.

4) A vat holding paint (sg=0.80) is 8 m long and 4 m deep and

has a trapezoidal cross section 3 m wide at the bottom and 5
m wide at the top.
1) Compute the weight of the paint.
2) Compute the force on the bottom of the vat.
3) Compute the force on the vertical trapezoidal end
panel.

5) A parabolic gate shown in the figure below weighs

1500 kN. The top of the gate is hinged to the vertical
wall and the lower end is prevented from swinging
outward by the hump on the floor. Compute the
 reaction at the hinge and at the hump. The lower end of the gate is just touching the floor.

6) A solid cylinder 1.2 m diameter and 1.0 m high weighs 18 kN. It is connected to a spherical buoy
having weight of 0.8 kN and diameter of 1.2 m using a short wire. The connected mechanism is
then placed in a body of water. What is the tension developed in the wire? What is the depth of
immersion of the spherical buoy?

7) A cylindrical tank having a diameter of 1.5 m is filled with oil (s.g. = 0.90) to a depth of 2.0 m. A
wooden cube of specific gravity of 0.50 is placed in tank to float. If the depth of immersion of the
cube is 0.25 m, how high will the oil in the tank rise? What is the volume of the cube?
8) Determine the force Q indicated in the figure shown to make
the parabolic gate equilibrium. The width (dimension
perpendicular to the xy plane) of the gate is 3m.
9) An object weighs 130 N in the air and 75 N when
submerged in oil (s.g =0.9). Determine the volume and the specific
weight of the object.

10) Find the force T needed to just open the gate shown in
the figure. The gate is 5 m long and its radius is 4m. The
water behind the gate is 6 m deep.
R hinge
11) Determine the pressure at the center of pipe A knowing 6m T
the pressure at the center of pipe B is 20kPa?
12) What is
the pressure
s.g=0.7 gage reading at A for the tank shown?

12cm 8cm
B
Oil s.g=0.9 Air

Water 15cm Water 18 cm

3m
A A Hg

13) A circular plate, 1 m in diameter, is placed vertically in oil of

specific gravity 0.9. The center of the plate is located 2 m 2m
below the oil surface. Calculate the total force on one side of
the plate. Determine the point of action of the force with
respect to the oil surface. 6m
4m

14) The unit weight of the concrete dam shown in the figure is
23.6 kN/m3. Determine the maximum soil pressure develop in 5m
the foundation.
15) A river discharges 14 m3/s into the lake and at the same time water is drawn from the lake at a rate
of 5.6 m3/s. Assuming that the surface area of the lake is 242810 m2, what is the rate of water rise
in the lake in one day? Ans 2.989 m/day.

16) For any two pipes of different diameters connected in parallel, which of the following is true? A)
The two pipes have the same discharge. B) The two pipes have the same head loss. C) The two
pipes have the same discharge and head loss. D) The smaller pipe has the greater head loss.

17) In a horizontal pipeline, if the diameter is increasing Oil (sg=0.8)

in the direction of the flow, which statement is not
true? A) The discharge remains constant. B) The
velocity is decreasing. C) The discharge is Water
increasing. D) The gap between the energy grade line
and hydraulic grade line.

18) A 4-m long log of dimeter 0.8m is in the state of

equilibrium as shown in the figure. Calculate the force
pushing it against the dam. Also compute the specific 10m
gravity of the log.
D 2m
19) The barge shown is 3 m wide and weighs 30 kN when 8m
empty. It is planned to load it with 300-kN cargo.
Determine the draft, D, in a) fresh water, b) sea water
(sg=1.025).

20) Determine the pressure at point A of the 60-cm diameter

air 15cm
tank shown in the figure if the tank is rotated at a speed of
15 rad/s.
water 45cm
21) A block of wood 5 m
x 4 m x 2 m floats in sea A
2m
water of sg 1.02. It is held in
position as shown by a
couple. Determine the a) buoyant force, b) the magnitude of the
couple, and c) the position of the metacenter.
22) A wooden post having dimensions of 200 mm x 200 mm by 3 m. long is placed in fresh water
with concrete block tied to one end of the post. The volume of the concrete block is 0.02 cu.m.
unit weight of wood is 6.4 kN/m3 and unit weight of concrete is 23.5 kN/m3. Unit weight of water
is 9.81kN/m3. Determine the length of the post above the water surface. (Ans 0.345m)