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Student Number

HDYrt43 - Hydraulics and Hydrology

Quiz #2 - Water Pressure and Pressure Forces

February, 2019

Instructions:

o Read all q s carefully.

o A formula and reference tables has; been provided. lt may NOT be removed.
Write your full name student number on all quiz pages

Part A: 3 Marks Total

1. The net horizontal nd vertical forces on a submerged curved surface have been determined to be
FH = 3kN (to the ri ) and Fv = 2.5 kN (downwards). what is the resultant hydrostatic force on the
object? (0.s Mark)
a) 1s.2s kN
b) 3.s kN

c) 3.0 kN

d) s.s kN

2. The location of the resultant force on a plane surface is

referred to as {0.5 Mark).

3. Fluid pressure ses with increasing depth True/False (0.5 Mark)
4. Give any example rectangular surfaces exposed to hydrostatic forces

.(only one) (0.5 Mark)

5. Law states '? pressure applied at any point in a liquid at rest is transmitted

equally and undim ished in all directions to every other point in the liquid." {0.5 Mark)
6. Determine the press created by 5 m of water at 4oC. (0.5 mark)
a, 39.16 kPa
b. 24.52kPa
c. 3LZ kPa
d. 49.05 kPa
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PartB(TMarks
Question 1: Show allyour calculations (3 Marks).
A 20-m-long curved depicted in the figure below is retaining a 16-m depth of water in a storage
tank. Determine the and direction of the total hydrostatic force on the gate. Does the force
pass through point A?
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Question 2 : all your calculations (2 Marks).

In the figure below, is flowing in pipe A and oil (sp. gr. = 0.82) is flowing in pipe B. lf mercury
(sp.gr = L3.6) is used as manometer liquid, determine the pressure difference between A and B in
psi.
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Question 3: all your calculations

(2 Marks)
Determine the magn tde and center of pressure of hydrostatic
force on the incrined prane shown
below. Use 62,3 lb /ft as the unit weight of water.

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Constants: Grav r, E = 9,8Imfs2 or g = l).1 f1/sz Lft =L2 inches

Putr = 10L,3 kPa, or 14.7 ps or 10.3 m H2O, or 760mm Hg or 33.8 ft.of HzO, or 29.9 in Hg

Formulas prer ure Formulas

P = !h, + pguagu, p =ylsin?A, p =y-hA,

Pabs= Patm
n=ft+y, rr=v| A F^=,[E+T\, o=tan-rE)

TABTE I.T Surfare Area; (entrold, rnd Mon.rent of lhertia of Cerlaln

Sinrple Geometr.ical Flates

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Approximate Physical pro erties of Water at Atmospheric pressure

Temperature Density, p Specific Kinematic

Temperature Density, p Specific
Weight, y Viscosity, v
Weight, y 'rscostty, v
fF) (slugs/ft3) (rb/ft1 ("G) (kg/m3)
x10{ (ft?s) (kN/m3)
106 (m'/s)

JZ 1.94 62.42 1.024 0 999.9 9.805 .787

40 1.94 62.43 1.664 4 1000 9.810 .519

50 1.94 62.40 1.407 10 999.9 9.804 1.307

70 1.94 62.30 1.052 20 998 9.790 1.004

90 1.93 62.11 0.823 30 996 9.771 ).801

100 1.93 62.00 0.738 40 992 9.732

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