MIDTERM QUIZ # 2

Colegio de San Juan de Letran

ELE 413 – Fluid Mechanics SCORE: /55
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PROBLEM SOLVING
Instructions: Answer the following problems. Show your complete solution.

Situation 1 (10 points).

Estimate the height to which water at 20°C will rise in the capillary tube of radius 1.5 mm. Surface
tension of water at 20°C is equal to 0.0728 N/m.

Situation 2 (5 points each).

A 325 L of carbon tetrachloride weighs 500 kg. Compute the following.

a. Density.
b. Specific weight.
c. Specific gravity.

Situation 3(10 points).

What percentage of the human body will float in fresh water? Average density of human body is 980
kg/m3.

Situation 4 (5 points each).

Calculate the pressure in kPa at A, B, C, and D.

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