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    This document contains instructions for Homework 2 on static pressure. It includes 3 problems: 1) calculating the pressure difference between two arms of a U-tube manometer given the height difference of the water columns, 2) determining the total pressure at the base of a dam given the height of the water column and atmospheric pressure, and 3) discussing which of several dam images would be best and worst in terms of safety factors against sliding and overturning.

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    This document contains instructions for Homework 2 on static pressure. It includes 3 problems: 1) calculating the pressure difference between two arms of a U-tube manometer given the height difference of the water columns, 2) determining the total pressure at the base of a dam given the height of the water column and atmospheric pressure, and 3) discussing which of several dam images would be best and worst in terms of safety factors against sliding and overturning.

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    Homework 2: Static Pressure 1

    Mech 280
    2023W, Term 2

    1. A U-tube manometer is connected to a pipe carrying water. If the height difference


    between the two arms of the manometer is 0.3 meters and the density of water is 1000
    kg/m3 , what is the pressure difference between the two arms of the U-tube manometer?
    (3 marks)

    2. If the height of the water (density 1000 kg/m3 ) column in a dam is 30 m and the
    atmospheric pressure is 101,325 Pa, what is the total pressure at the base of the dam?
    (3 marks)

    3. Among the images of the dam discuss which is best vs worst in terms of 1.Safety factor
    (SF) against sliding 2.SF against overturning (4 marks)

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