Universidad de Dagupan

Arellano St., Dagupan City

School of Engineering

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PRELIM – PROBLEM SET 1: HYDRAULICS

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Read the instructions carefully.
2. SMART PHONE/S including CASE of CALCULATOR/s are strictly prohibited during
examination.
3. Use pen with black ink only. Friction pens are not allowed.
4. Provided the necessary information needed on the test provided.
5. Show solutions if needed and box final answers.

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Answer the following problems. Show your solutions and box your final answers.
1. If the specific weight of a liquid is 8.1 kN/m3, what is its density?
2. A certain gas weighs 16.0 N/m3 at a certain temperature and pressure. What
are the values of its density, specific volume, and specific gravity
relative to air weighing 12.0 N/m3?
3. The specific weight of glycerin is 78.6 lb/ft3. Compute its density and
specific gravity. What is its specific weight in kN/m3?
4. Use Fig. 2.1 to find the approximate specific weight of water in lb/ft3
under the following conditions: (a) at a temperature of 60°C under 101.3 kPa
abs pressure; (b) at 60°C under a pressure of 13.79 MPa abs.

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5. At normal atmospheric conditions, approximately what pressure in MPa must be

applied to water to reduce its volume by 3%?
6. A liquid has an absolute viscosity of 3.2 10-4lb.sec/ft2. It weighs 56 lb/ft3.
What are its absolute and kinematic viscosities in SI units?
7. Tap water at 68°F stands in a glass tube of 0.32-in diameter at a height of
4.50 in. What is the true static height?
8. Distilled water at 20°C stands in a glass tube of 6.0-mm diameter at a
height of 18.0 mm. What is the true static height?
9. If the specific weight of a gas is 12.40 N/m3, what is its specific volume
in m3/kg?
10. If a certain liquid weigh 8600 N/m3, what are the values of its
density, specific volume, and specific gravity relative to water at normal
temperature?
11. If in a hydraulic lift, one of the areas is three times larger than
the other and a force of 15 N is applied to the smaller area, what force
will be measured at the larger area?
12. A scuba diver measures an increase in pressure of around 105 Pa upon
descending by 10 m, what is the change in force per square centimeter on the
diver’s body?
13. Assuming that the valve is open, what pressure, in kilopascals, is the
gas exerting?

14. A differential manometer is used to measure pressure difference

between two fluid systems. Two parallel pipes carrying freshwater and
seawater are connected to each other by a double U-tube differential
manometer, as shown in the figure. (a) determine the pressure difference
between the two pipelines if h = 10 cm; (b) if the pressure difference

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Arellano St., Dagupan City
School of Engineering

between the pipes is doubled, what will be the difference in heights (h) of
the mercury? Take the density of seawater at that location to be 1035 kg/m3,
and the specific gravity of the oil is 0.72. Assume all fluids are
incompressible.

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