First Quiz in Hydraulics

Module 1 & 2
SET A
1. Calculate the pressure difference, in Pascals, from the top of a house to the ground if the
distance is 10m. (2 pts)
2. A large storage tank contains a salt solution of variable density given by ρ = 1050 + kh in
kg/m3 where k = 50 kg/m3, at a depth “h” meter below the free surface. Calculate the
pressure intensity (kPa) at the bottom of the tank holding 5 meters of the solution. (3 pts)
3. The temperature and pressure of nitrogen in a tank are 28 degrees Celsius and 498 kPa,
respectively. Determine the specific weight (N/m3) of the nitrogen if the gas constant is
30.3 m/K. (3 pts)
4. An object has a mass of 2kg.
a. If the acceleration due to gravity at a point above the mean sea level is 9.75 m/s 2,
what would be the weight of that object at that point? (1 pt)
b. After getting the weight at that point, you want now to find the mass of the object
when it is brought back at the sea level. Now, assume acceleration due to gravity as
9.81 m/s2. (2 pts)
5. A piston is moving through a cylinder at a speed of 19 ft/s as shown in the figure. The
film of oil separating the piston from the cylinder has a viscosity of 0.020 lb·s/ft 2. What is
the force required to maintain this motion? (4 pts)

6. In Fig. P2.40 the pressures at A and B are the same, 100 kPa. The connecting tube is a
uniform 1-cm in diameter. Assume no change in the liquid densities.
 a. If water is introduced at A to increase PA to 130 kPa, find the new position of the
mercury meniscus at the left. (3 pts)
b. Is Δh equal to ΔL? Why or why not? Briefly explain your answer. (4 pts)
7. A differential manometer is attached to a pipe, as shown in the figure. Calculate the
pressure difference between points A and B. (6 pts)

8. A vat holding paint (sg = 0.8) is 8m long and 4m deep and has a trapezoidal cross section
3m wide at the bottom and 5m wide at the top (see figure). Assume unit weight of water
to be 9810 N/m3. Compute the following:

a. Weight of the paint (2 pts)

b. Force on the bottom of the vat (3 pts)
 c. Force on the trapezoidal end panel (4 pts)
9. The gate in the figure shown is 16ft long and 8ft wide. Assuming that the gate is 2-in
thick with its sg = 7.85, compute the following:

a. Weight of the gate (2 pts)

b. Water level ‘h’ for which the gate will start to fall (5 pts)
c. Total hydrostatic force acting on the gate (3 pts)
10. Curved panel BC is a 60° arc, perpendicular to the bottom at C. If the panel is 4 m wide
into the paper, find the following:

a. Total horizontal force (3 pts)

b. Total vertical force (3 pts)
c. Resultant force (3 pts)
d. Angle in which the resultant force acts with the horizontal (3 pts)
SET B
11. Calculate the pressure difference, in Pascals, from the top of a house to the ground if the
distance is 8m. (2 pts)
12. A large storage tank contains a salt solution of variable density given by ρ = 1005 + kh in
kg/m3 where k = 50 kg/m3, at a depth “h” meter below the free surface. Calculate the
pressure intensity (kPa) at the bottom of the tank holding 5 meters of the solution. (3 pts)
13. The temperature and pressure of nitrogen in a tank are 28 degrees Celsius and 489 kPa,
respectively. Determine the specific weight (N/m3) of the nitrogen if the gas constant is
30.3 m/K. (3 pts)
14. An object has a mass of 2kg.
a. If the acceleration due to gravity at a point above the mean sea level is 9.75 m/s 2,
what would be the weight of that object at that point? (1 pt)
b. After getting the weight at that point, you want now to find the mass of the object
when it is brought back at the sea level. Now, assume acceleration due to gravity as
9.81 m/s2. (2 pts)
15. A piston is moving through a cylinder at a speed of 19 ft/s as shown in the figure. The
film of oil separating the piston from the cylinder has a viscosity of 0.020 lb·s/ft 2. What is
the force required to maintain this motion? (4 pts)
16. In Fig. P2.40 the pressures at A and B are the same, 100 kPa. The connecting tube is a
uniform 1-cm in diameter. Assume no change in the liquid densities.

a. If water is introduced at A to increase PA to 120 kPa, find the new position of the
mercury meniscus at the left. (3 pts)
b. Is Δh equal to ΔL? Why or why not? Briefly explain your answer. (4 pts)
17. A differential manometer is attached to a pipe, as shown in the figure. Calculate the
pressure difference between points A and B. (6 pts)

18. A vat holding paint (sg = 0.8) is 8m long and 4m deep and has a trapezoidal cross section
3m wide at the bottom and 5m wide at the top (see figure). Assume unit weight of water
to be 9810 N/m3. Compute the following:
 d. Weight of the paint (2 pts)
e. Force on the bottom of the vat (3 pts)
f. Force on the trapezoidal end panel (4 pts)
19. The gate in the figure shown is 16ft long and 8ft wide. Assuming that the gate is 2-in
thick with its sg = 7.58, compute the following:

a. Weight of the gate (2 pts)

b.Water level ‘h’ for which the gate will start to fall (5 pts)
c. Total hydrostatic force acting on the gate (3 pts)
20. Curved panel BC is a 60° arc, perpendicular to the bottom at C. If the panel is 4 m wide
into the paper, find the following:

e. Total horizontal force (3 pts)

f. Total vertical force (3 pts)
g. Resultant force (3 pts)
h. Angle in which the resultant force acts with the horizontal (3 pts)