FACULTAD DE ELECTROMECANICA

MECANICA DE FLUIDOS
GRUPO E7A
Ing. Daniel Gómez

TALLER CORTE 1

1. The drag force exerted on a car by air
depends on a dimensionless drag
coefficient, the density of air, the car
velocity, and the frontal area of the car. That
is, FD = function (CDrag, Afront, , V). Based
on unit considerations alone, obtain a
relation for the drag force.
4. The water in a tank is pressurized by air, and
the pressure is measured by a multifluid
manometer as shown in Determine the gage
pressure of air in the tank if h1=0.4 m,
h2=0.6 m, and h3=0.8 m. Take the densities
of water, oil, and mercury to be 1000 kg/m3,
850 kg/m3, and 13600 kg/m3, respectively.

2. The pressure in an automobile tire depends

on the temperature of the air in the tire.
When the air temperature is 25°C, the
pressure gage reads 210 kPa. If the volume
of the tire is 0.025 m3, determine the
pressure rise in the tire when the air
temperature in the tire rises to 50°C. Also,
determine the amount of air that must be
bled off to restore pressure to its original
value at this temperature. Assume the
atmospheric pressure to be 100 kPa.

3. The piston of a vertical piston-cylinder

device containing a gas has a mass of 40 kg 5. For the inclined manometer containing
and a cross-sectional area of 0.012 m2. The mercury, determine the pressure in pipe B if
local atmospheric pressure is 95 kPa, and the pressure in pipe A is 10 kPa. Pipe A has
the gravitational acceleration is 9.81 m/s2. water flowing through it, and oil is flowing
(a) Determine the pressure inside the in pipe B.
cylinder. (b) If some heat is transferred to
the gas and its volume is doubled, do you
expect the pressure inside the cylinder to
change?

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6. Consider a hydraulic jack being used in a car 8. Compute the magnitude of the resultant
repair shop. The pistons have an area of force on the indicated area and the location
A1=0.8 cm2 and A2=0.04 m2. Hydraulic oil of the center of pressure. Show the resultant
with a specific gravity of 0.870 is pumped force on the area and clearly dimension its
in as the small piston on the left side is location.
pushed up and down, slowly raising the
larger piston on the right side. A car that
weighs 13000 N is to be jacked up. (a) At
the beginning, when both pistons are at the
same elevation (h=0), calculate the force F1
in newtons required to hold the weight of the
car. (b) Repeat the calculation after the car
has been lifted two meters (h=2 m).
Compare and discuss.

7. The 0.5-m-radius semi-circular gate shown

in the figure is hinged through the top edge
AB. Find the required force to be applied at
the center of gravity to keep the gate closed.

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