EXERCISE 1.

For the reservoir above, the water level in the free open piezometric tube is h=3 m.
Please, calculate pressure inside the reservoir in the following unit measurements:
N/m2; daN/cm2; bar; atm; mcol.H2O; mmHg;

GIVEN DATA

h  3m
kg daN  10N
ρwater  1000
3
m mcol.H2O  0.1bar
kg
ρHg  13600
3
m

m
g  10
2
s

DEMANDS
p0 = ???

SOLUTION:

Applying hydrostatic law between points 1 and 2:

 
p 0 = p atm  ρwater g  z2  z1 = p at  ρwater g  h

For manometric pressure scale:

p at.man  0bar atmospheric pressure expressed in manometric scale

p 0.man  p at.man  ρwater g  h  30000 Pa

pressure p0 expressed in Pa (man. scale)
N
p 0.man  30000 
2 pressure p0 expressed in N/m2 (man. scale)
m
 daN
p 0.man  0.3
2 pressure p0 expressed in daN/cm2 (man. scale)
cm

p 0.man  0.3 bar

pressure p0 expressed in bar (man. scale)
p 0.man  0.3 atm
pressure p0 expressed in atm (man. scale)

p 0.man  3  mcol.H2O pressure p0 expressed in meters of water column

(man. scale)
p 0.man
h col.Hg.man   220.6  mm pressure p0 expressed in milimeters of Mercury
ρHg g
column (man. scale)

For barometric pressure scale:

p at.bar  1bar atmospheric pressure expressed in manometric scale

p 0.bar  p at.bar  ρwater g  h  130000 Pa

pressure p0 expressed in Pa (bar. scale)
N
p 0.bar  130000
2 pressure p0 expressed in N/m2 (bar. scale)
m

daN
p 0.bar  1.3
2 pressure p0 expressed in daN/cm2 (bar. scale)
cm

p 0.bar  1.3 bar

pressure p0 expressed in bar (bar. scale)
p 0.bar  1.283  atm
pressure p0 expressed in atm (bar. scale)

p 0.bar  13 mcol.H2O pressure p0 expressed in meters of water column

(bar. scale)
p 0.bar
h col.Hg.bar   955.9  mm pressure p0 expressed in milimeters of Mercury
ρHg g
column (bar. scale)