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The specific gravity of a fluid is specified to be 0.82. The
specific volume of this fluid is

0.00122m^3/kg
The specific gravity of mercury is 13.6. The specific weight of
mercury is

133 kN/m3
The space between two large flat and parallel walls 20 mm apart is
filled with a liquid of absolute viscosity 0.8 Pas. Within this space a thin
flat plate 200 mm × 200mm is towed at a velocity of 200 mm/s at a
distance of 5 mm from one wall. The plate and its movement are
parallel to the walls. Assuming a linear velocity distribution between
the plate and the walls, determine the force exerted by the liquid on
the plate.

1.71N
Consider a 0.15-mm diameter air bubble in a liquid. Determine
the pressure difference between the inside and outside of the
air bubble if the surface tension at the air-liquid interface is (a)
0.080 N/m and (b) 0.12 N/m
ANS. A. 2133Pa B.3200
A capillary tube of 1.2 mm diameter is immersed vertically in
water exposed to the atmosphere. Determine how high water
will rise in the tube. Take the contact angle at the inner wall of
the tube to be 6° and the surface tension to be 1.00 N/m
ANS. 0.338 m
Nutrients dissolved in water are carried to upper parts of plants
by tiny tubes partly because of the capillary effect. Determine
how high the water solution will rise in a tree in a 0.0026-mm-
diameter tube as a result of the capillary effect. Treat the
solution as water at 20°C with a contact angle of 15°
Answer: 11.1 m
The surface tension of soap water at 20°C is ss 5 0.025 N/m. The
gage pressure inside a soap bubble of diameter 2 cm at 20°C is
(a)10 Pa (b) 5 Pa (c) 20 Pa (d) 40 Pa (e) 0.5 Pa
A 0.4-mm-diameter glass tube is inserted into water at 20°C in a
cup. The surface tension of water at 20°C is ss 5 0.073 N/m. The
contact angle can be taken as zero degrees. The capillary rise of
water in the tube is
(a) 2.9 cm (b) 7.4 cm (c) 5.1 cm (d ) 9.3 cm (e) 14.0 cm
A vacuum gage connected to a chamber reads 5.8 psi at a
location where the atmospheric pressure is 14.5 psi. Determine
the absolute pressure in the chamber
ANS. 8.7psi
Intravenous infusions usually are driven by gravity by hanging the
fluid bottle at sufficient height to counteract the blood pressure in
the vein and to force the fluid into the body (Fig. 3–15). The higher
the bottle is raised, the higher the flow rate of the fluid will be. (a)
If it is observed that the fluid and the blood pressures balance each
other when the bottle is 1.2 m above the arm level, determine the
gage pressure of the blood. (b) If the gage pressure of the fluid at
the arm level needs to be 20 kPa for sufficient flow rate, determine
how high the bottle must be placed. Take the density of the fluid to
be 1020 kg/m3

a. 12.0 kPa
b. 2.00 m
A manometer is used to measure the pressure of a gas in a tank.
The fluid used has a specific gravity of 0.85, and the
manometer column height is 55 cm, as shown in Fig. 3–20. If the
local atmospheric pressure is 96 kPa, determine the absolute
pressure within the tank.
Ans. 100.6 kPa
The water in a tank is pressurized by air, and the pressure is
measured by a multifluid manometer as shown in Fig. 3–23. The
tank is located on a mountain at an altitude of 1400 m where
the atmospheric pressure is 85.6 kPa. Determine the air
pressure in the tank if h1 = 0.1 m, h2 = 0.2 m, and h3 = 0.35 m.
Take the densities of water, oil, and mercury to be 1000 kg/m3,
850 kg/m3, and 13,600 kg/m3, respectively

ANS. 130 kPa

Consider a large cubic ice block floating in seawater. The
specific gravities of ice and seawater are 0.92 and 1.025,
respectively. If a 25-cm-high portion of the ice block extends
above the surface of the water, determine the height of the ice
block below the surface.

ANS. 2.19
An 80-cm-high fish tank of cross section 2 m 3 0.6 m that is partially
filled with water is to be transported on the back of a truck (Fig. 3–58).
The truck accelerates from 0 to 90 km/h in 10 s. If it is desired that no
water spills during acceleration, determine the allowable initial water
height in the tank.
Air enters a nozzle steadily at 2.21 kg/m3 and 20 m/s and
leaves at 0.762 kg/m3 and 150 m/s. If the inlet area of the
nozzle is 60 cm2, determine (a) the mass flow rate through the
nozzle, and (b) the exit area of the nozzle
a)0.265 kg/s, (b) 23.2 cm2
Water flows in a 10-cm-diameter pipe at a velocity of 0.75 m/s.
Calculate the mass and volume flow rate of water in the pipe.
Air at 100 kPa, 50 oC, flows through a pipe with a volume flow
rate of 40 m3/min. Find the mass flow rate through the pipe, in
kg/s. Assume air to be an ideal gas. The gas constant of air is
0.287 kPa.m3/kg.K.

0 719kg/s
A garden hose attached with a nozzle is used to fill a 10-gal
bucket. The inner diameter of the hose is 2 cm, and it reduces
to 0.8 cm at the nozzle exit (Fig. 5–12). If it takes 50 s to fill the
bucket with water, determine (a) the volume and mass flow
rates of water through the hose, and (b) the average velocity of
water at the nozzle exit.
1 gal = 3.7854 L and 1 m3 = 1000 L

a.0.757 kg/s b. 15.1 m/s