1) PROPOSED PROBLEMS (Fluid statics)

1) The closed tank in figure 1 contains water (𝜌 = 1000 kg/m3 ) up to a height

𝐻 = 3m and air. A mechanical manometer installed on the top of the tank indicates the
pressure 𝑝𝑚 = −0,01kgf/cm2 . Find:

a) the level 𝑧 in the piezometer tube;

b) the relative pressure on the bottom of the tank.
The value of the atmospheric pressure is not given!

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Fig.1

2) Two closed tanks, each of them containing air, are placed side by side (Fig.2).
Inside tank 2 a mechanical pressure gauge indicates the pressure 𝑝2 = 100kPa. A liquid
manometer connected to the same tank 2, indicates Δℎ = 25 cm. Knowing the density of
the manometric 𝜌𝑚 = 4600 kg/m3 , determine the pressure indicated by the mechanical
manometer placed outside the tank 1. The value of the atmospheric pressure is not
given!

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3) A differential pressure gauge is connected between two tanks A and B (Fig. 3).
Both tanks contain a liquid and air. Calculate the pressure difference of the air contained
in chambers A and B. We know 𝐻1 = 1,3 m, 𝐻2 = 1 m,
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Δℎ = 30 cm and the densities 𝜌1 = 920 kg/m , 𝜌2 = 1587kg/m3 and
𝜌𝑚 = 13570 kg/m3 .

Fig. 3

4) The water in a tank is pressurized with air. The air pressure is measured with a
multiple - liquids manometer (Fig.4).
a) Determine the relative pressure of the air in the tank, knowing
ℎ1 = 10cm, ℎ2 = 20mm, ℎ2 = 110 cm and the densities of water, mercury and oil
𝜌1 = 1000 kg/m3 , 𝜌2 = 13600 kg/m3 and 𝜌3 = 870 kg/m3 respectively.
b) Determine the position of the manometric level with reference to the level of the
free surface of the water in the tank.

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Fig. 4

5) The open tank of Figure 5, having an inclined wall at an angle 𝛼 = 45° with the
horizontal, is placed on a plan surface and contains water (𝜌 = 1000 kg/m3 ).
The tank has a flap gate of width 𝑏 = 1,5m and length 𝑙 = 2 m, placed at depth
ℎ = 5m from the free surface.

Calculate the hydrostatic force on the flap gate and the coordinates of the center of
pressure.

Fig. 5