Fluid Mechanics Practice Problems

Questions (#1 - #10):

1. The specific gravity of certain oil is 0.82, calculate the specific weight.

2. If the specific volume of a certain fluid is 0.7848 m 3/kg. What is the specific
weight?

3. Convert the vacuum pressure of 110 mm of mercury into absolute pressure if

atmospheric pressure is 10 meters of water.

4. An atmospheric pressure of 101.325 kPa will be supported by how much

height of mercury (SG = 13.6)?

5. The density of water is typically taken to be 62.4 lb/ft 3 for engineering

problems where greater accuracy is not required. What is the value in slugs/ft 3?

6. What is the sea level (g = 32.2 ft/s2) specific weight (lb/ft3) of liquid with
density of 58.3 lb/ft3?

7. What is the friction within a fluid that prevents the fluid from flowing freely?

a. Fluidity c. Adhesion

b. Viscosity d. Gradient

8. If the depth of liquid of 1 m causes a pressure of 7 kPa, what is the specific

gravity of a liquid?

9. Which of the following refers to the measure of the fluid's resistance to flow
when acted upon by an external force?

a. Specific Gravity c. Specific Volume

b. Coefficient of Resistance d. Viscosity

10. Liquids and Gases take the following characteristic(s) of their contents.

a. Volume c. Shape

b. Shape and Volume d. Neither Shape nor Volume

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Solutions and Answer (Questions #1 - #10): Note: underline is the final answer.

1. Specific Weight, γ

γ =γ water x S oil¿ 9.81 kN /m3 ( 0.82 ); γ =8.0442kN /m3

2. Specific Weight, γ

1 ρ= 1 = 1 =1.2743 kg
V s= ;
ρ V s 0.7848 m3

γ = ρg=1.2743 ( 9.81 ); γ =12.5 N /m 3

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Questions (#11 - #20):

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11. Which of the following statements about a Newtonian fluid is most accurate?

a. Shear stress is proportional to strain

b. Viscosity is zero

c. Shear stress is multi-valued

d. Shear stress is proportional to the rate of strain

12. Under which condition, the specific weight of water is 1000 kg/m 3?

a. At normal pressure of 760 mm

b. At 4℃ temperature

c. At mean sea level

d. All of these

13. An instrument used to measure the S.G. of a substance?

a. Hydrometer c. Calorimeter

b. Odometer d. None of these

14. What is the atmospheric pressure on a planet if the absolute pressure is 100
kPa and the gage pressure is 10 kPa?

kg
15 - 16. A 100 g of water are mixed with 150 g of another fluid ( ρ=790 ). What
m3
is the specific volume of the resulting mixture, assuming that the volumes are
additive and the mixture is homogeneous?

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* If the specific weight of a liquid is 8.1 kN/m3. Calculate the

17. Specific Gravity of the liquid

18. Density

19. What substance is most likely for that liquid?

a. Sea Water b. Molasses c. Oil d. Mercury

20. A reservoir of a glycerin has a mass of 1300 kg and volume of 0.952 m 3. Find
the glycerin's weight, mass density, specific weight, and specific gravity.

Questions (#21 - #30):

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21. A quart if water weighs about 2.08 lb. Compute its mass in slugs and in
kilograms.

22. One cubic foot of glycerin has a mass of 2.44 slugs. Find its specific weight
in both pounds per cubic foot and kilonewtons per cubic meter.

23. The volume of rock is found to be 0.00015 m3. If the rock's S.G. is 2.60, what
is its weight?

24. If the specific volume of a gas is 360 ft3/slug, what is its specific weight?

25. Find the mass of 10 quarts of water.

26. Convert 750℃ to Kelvin.

27. 250 g of water are mixed with 150 g of alcohol (density = 790 kg/m 3). What is
the specific volume of the resulting mixtures, assuming that the fluids mixed
completely?

28. The specific weight of a liquid is 58.5 lb per cubic foot, what is the specific
volume of the liquid in cm3/g?

29. An iron block weighs 7 Newtons and has a volume of 200 cm 3. What is the
density of the block in kg/m3?

30. If the density of the gas is 0.003 slugs per cubic foot, what is the specific
weight of the gas in N/m3?

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