Introduction

BATCH 1. Liquids and gases can flow and are therefore, called
fluids.

BASIC
FLUID MATHS
2. An Ideal Fluid is one which is

MECHANICS a) Incompressible

b) Non - Viscous

Pressure Unit Of Pressure

Pressure is a scalar quantity Unit Of Volume

Q1) •Pressure in Fluids

When an object is submerged
in a fluid at rest, the fluid
exerts a force on its surface.
This force is always normal to
the object’s surface

•Density of Fluids •Relative Density /specific gravity

• The relative density of a substance is the ratio of its
density to the density of water at 4oC.
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•Variation of Fluid Pressure with depth Q3)

a) P=Po +𝝆g(1)
b) P=Po +𝝆g(2)
𝟏
c) P=Po +𝝆g( )
𝟐
d) P=Po

•Graph between P and h •Gauge Pressure and Absolute Pressure

Q4) Q5)
 Q6)The density of the atmosphere at sea level is 1.29 kg/m3
. Assume that it does not change with altitude. Then how
high would the atmosphere extend?

a) 5km

b) 8km

c) 11km h

d) 13km

Q7) Q8)The three vessels shown in the following figure have

same base area. Equal volumes of a liquid are poured in. The
force on the base will be
a) maximum in vessel A
b) maximum in vessel B
c) maximum in vessel C
d) equal in all vessels

Q9)

Q10)The force acting on a window of area 50 cm x 50 cm of a

submarine at a depth of 2000 m in an ocean, the interior of
which is maintained at sea level atmospheric pressure is
(Density of sea water= 103kg m-3 , g=10 m/s2)

a) 5x105 N
b) 25x105 N
c) 5x106 N
d) 2.5x106 N
 •Variation of Fluid Pressure along the same Q11)
Horizontal Level
For a liquid in equilibrium the pressure
is same at all points in a horizontal
plane. Suppose the pressure were not
equal in different parts of the fluid, then
there would be a flow as the fluid will
have some net force acting on it. Hence
in the absence of flow the pressure in
the fluid must be same everywhere in a
horizontal plane.

Q12)

•U – tube problems

Q13)

Q14)
  = 1g/cm3
Q15)Find x , so  = 1g/cm
3
 = 2g/cm3  = 2g/cm3
x x
that fluid remains x x


9 cm

9 cm


9 cm

9 cm
in equilibrium

a) 1 cm Sliding boundary
Sliding boundary
b) 2cm

c) 3cm

d) 4cm

Q16) •Variation of Pressure in vertically

accelerating Fluid –

•Variation of Pressure in horizontally

accelerating Fluid –

Q17) Q18)A closed rectangular tank is completely filled with water

and is accelerated horizontally with an acceleration towards
right. Pressure is

i. Maximum at (ii) minimum at

(a) (i) B (ii)D
(b) (i)C (ii)D
(c) (i)B (ii)C
(d) (i)B (ii)A
 Shape of Liquid Surface due to horizontal
acceleration

Q19) •Barometer
• Torricelli devised a method for
measuring atmospheric pressure.
• A long glass tube closed at one
end and filled with mercury is
inverted into a trough of mercury
• This device is known as ‘mercury
barometer’.

• In the experiment it is found that the mercury column in the •Manometer

barometer has a height of about 76 cm at sea level

• A pressure equivalent of 1 mm is called a torr

(after Torricelli). 1 torr = 133 Pa.

•Pascal’s Law •Hydraulic Lift

“ Whenever external pressure is applied
on any part of a fluid contained in a
vessel, it is transmitted undiminished
and equally in all directions”
 Q20)Two pistons of a hydraulic machine have diameters 20 cm and
2 cm. Find the force exerted on the larger piston when 50 kg wt is
placed on the smaller piston. When the smaller piston moves
through 50 cm, by what distance the other piston moves out?

•Upthrust / Buoyancy •Archimede’s Principle

When a body is immersed wholly or

partially in a fluid, it is lifted up by a
force equal to the weight of fluid
displaced by the body.

Q22)An iron cube of mass 5kg and side 10 cm is

Q21) A Stone of density 3000 kg/m3 is submerged in
suspended by a thread in water. Find the tension in
water.If the mass of stone is 30kg , find upthrust.
thread.

a) 300N a) 50N
b) 100 N b) 80N
c) 75N c) 40N
d) 10N d) 10N

Q23)
•Apparent Weight Of a Body •Apparent Weight formulae
When a body is wholly immersed in a fluid,
it’s effective weight decreases.

Q24)A stone of density 3000 kg/m3 is lying submerged in

water of density 1000 kg/m. If the mass of stone in air is 150
kg, calculate the force required to lift the stone
.

a) 1200 N
b) 1000 N
c) 850 N
d) 812 N

Q25)

•Condition for floatation & sinking •Law Of Floatation

 •For Cylindrical or cubical body Q26)

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Q29)
 REMEMBER

Q30)

Q31)

Steady Flow / Streamlined Flow / Laminar Flow

At different points,
➢ velocities of fluid particles
can be different.
Fluid Dynamics ➢ But velocity at a given
point is constant with time
 • The flow of the fluid is said to be steady if at any given
Properties Of Streamline Flow
point, the velocity of each passing fluid particle remains
constant in time

• This does not mean that the velocity at different points

is same. The velocity of a particular particle may change
as it moves from one point to another.

• That is, at some other point the particle may have a

different velocity, but every other particle which passes
through same point behaves exactly as the previous
particle that has just passed that point.

Turbulent Flow
(i)

(iv)
(ii)

Reynolds Number →dimensionless number

Equation Of Continuity
 Volume Rate of Flow Q32)

Q33)

Q34)

BERNOULLI’S PRINCIPLE
We now suppose that an incompressible ,
Non – Viscous and Irrotational fluid is
flowing through the pipe in a steady flow
Different Heads For Fluid at Rest

In a Horizontal Pipe Q35)

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Q37)
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MENTOZ METHOD

Q39)

Q40)

(density of air = 1kg/m3)

Q41)
 The Venturi-meter is a device to measure the
Venturimeter flow speed of incompressible fluid.

Q42) The speed of Water at X is 30cm/s . Find the speed of

water at Y , if difference in heights of two coloumns of
water is 2 cm.

a) 70 cm/s
b) 65 cm/s
c) 80 cm/s
d) 100 cm/s

Q43)The Area of cross section of wide and narrow

portions of the tube are 5cm2 and 1cm2 respectively. The
rate of flow of water through the tube is 500 cm3/s. Find
the difference in heights of two coloumn.

a) 0.1 m
b) 0.6m
c) 0.9m
d) 1.2m

Speed of Efflux: Torricelli’s Law Rate of Flow

Very small hole

OPEN TANK / VESSEL

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Q46)

Q47) Range

Q48) Figure shows two holes in a wide tank containing a liquid in

common. The water streams coming out of these holes strike
the ground at the same point. The height of liquid column in
tank is

a) 10 cm
b) 8 cm
c) 9.8 cm
d) 980 cm
Maximum Range Time taken to empty the tank

Q49) A rectangular vessel when full of water, takes 10 min to be Q50)

emptied through an orifice in its bottom. How much time will
it take to be emptied when half filled with water?

a) 9 min
b) 7 min
c) 5 min
d) 3 min

Velocity of Efflux in closed container

Viscosity
 Viscous Force - Velocity profiles of fluids-
1)Viscosity is internal friction in a fluid 1) A layer of liquid sandwiched
motion between two parallel glass plates,
2)It occurs due to relative motion in which the lower plate is fixed
between layers of liquid and the upper one is moving to
3)The internal friction force in fluids is the right with velocity v
called Viscous Force.
4)Viscous Force depends on relative
motion between layers (velocity
gradient) , Area of contact between
two layers and type of fluid.

For any layer of liquid, its upper layer pulls it forward

while lower layer pulls it backward. This results in force
Coeffecient of Viscosity
between the layers. This type of flow is known as
laminar.

The viscosity of liquids decreases with temperature, while it

increases in the case of gases.

Q51)
2) velocity distribution for viscous flow in a pipe

Stoke’s Law
When an object moves
through a fluid , it
experiences a viscous force
It is seen that the viscous force
is proportional to the velocity
of the object and is opposite to
the direction of motion.
 Terminal velocity

Terminal velocity VS radius and time If density of sphere is less than that of fluid

Rain drops Q52)

We consider a raindrop in air. It
accelerates initially due to gravity. As
the velocity increases, the retarding
force also increases. Finally, when
viscous force plus buoyant force
becomes equal to the force due to
gravity, the net force becomes zero
and so does the acceleration. The
sphere (raindrop) then descends with
a constant velocity

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