FLUID MECHANICS

PROBLEM SET No. 1

CUETO, RENTHEL R.
C18-10101
1. A reservoir of glycerin (glyc) has a mass of 1200 kg and a volume of 0.952m3. Find the glycerin’s
weight (W), density, specific weight and specific gravity.
2. A body requires a force of 100N to accelerate it at 0.20 m/s2. Determine the mass of the body in
kilograms and in slug.
3.A reservoir of carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) has a mass of 500 kg and a volume of 0.315 m3. Find
the carbon tetrachloride weight, mass density, specific weight, and specific gravity
4. The weight of a body is 100 lb. Determine (a) its weight in Newton’s, (b) its mass in kilograms,
and (c) the rate of acceleration in feet per second per second (ft/s2) and meters per meters per
second (m/s2) if a net force of 500 lb is applied to the body.
5. The specific gravity of ethyl alcohol is 0.79. Calculate its specific weight (in both pounds per
cubic foot and kilonewton per cubic meter), and mass density (in both slugs per cubic foot and
kilograms per cubic meter).
6.A quart of water weights about 2.08 lb. Compute its mass in slugs and in kilograms
7. One cubic foot of glycerin has a mass of 2.44 slugs. Fins its specific weight in both pounds per
cubic foot and kilonewton per cubic meter.
8. A quart of SAE 30 oil at 68°F weighs about 1.85 lb. Calculate the oils specific weight, mass,
density and specific gravity.
9.The volume of a rock is found to be 0.00015m3. If the rocks specific gravity is 2.60, what is its
weight?
10. A certain gasoline weighs 46.5 lb/ft3. What is its mass density, specific volume, and specific
gravity?
11. If the specific weight of a substance is 8.2 kN/m3, what is its mass density?
12. An object at a certain location has a mass of 2.0 kg and weighs 19.0 N on a spring balance. What
is the acceleration due to gravity at this location?
13. Find the mass density of helium at a temperature of 39°F and a pressure of 26.9 psig, if
atmospheric pressure is 14.9 psia.
14. The temperature and pressure of nitrogen in a tank are 28°C and 600kPa abs, respectively.
Determine the specific weight.
15. The temperature pressure of oxygen in a container are 60°F and 20.0 psig, respectively.
Determine the oxygen’s mass density if atmospheric pressure is 14.7 psia.
16. Calculate the specific weight and density of methane at 100° F and 120 psia.
17. A tank of compressed oxygen for flame cutting is to contain 10 kg of oxygen at a pressure of
14MPa (the temperature is 35°C). How large must be the tank volume? What is the diameter of a
sphere with this volume?
18. A tank of compressed nitrogen for industrial process use is a cylinder with 150mm diameter and
1300 mm length. The gas pressure is 204 atmosphere (gage). Calculate the mass of nitrogen in the
tank.
19. For each quantity listed, indicate dimensions using MLtT system of dimensions, and give typical
SI and English units:
20.Derive the following
conversion factors: