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This document contains 11 questions related to fluid mechanics concepts like pressure, manometers, flow rate, and hydrostatics. Questions involve calculating total pressure drops, differences in pressure between tanks of varying heights, deriving expressions for the depth of a submerged triangle's center of pressure, computing total forces on dams and circular gates and their centers of pressure, relating manometer readings to pressure, calculating heights using pressure and atmospheric values, determining flow rates out of tanks and in channels of changing width.

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This document contains 11 questions related to fluid mechanics concepts like pressure, manometers, flow rate, and hydrostatics. Questions involve calculating total pressure drops, differences in pressure between tanks of varying heights, deriving expressions for the depth of a submerged triangle's center of pressure, computing total forces on dams and circular gates and their centers of pressure, relating manometer readings to pressure, calculating heights using pressure and atmospheric values, determining flow rates out of tanks and in channels of changing width.

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MIDTERM EXAM

1. Water flows in a pipe as shown below. The pressure drop 𝑝1 − 𝑝2 is partly due to friction and gravity. The
mercury manometer reads a 5-in height difference. What is the total pressure drop 𝑝1 − 𝑝2 ? Compute the
pressure drop due to friction only between points 1 and 2? Does the manometer reading correspond only to
friction drop? 10 points

2. Find the difference in pressure between tanks A and B if d1 = 346 mm, d2 = 170 mm, d3 = 496 mm, and d4 = 246
mm. 10 points

3. A triangle is vertical and submerged as shown below, derive an expression for the depth to its center of pressure.
10 points
4. Determine the total resultant force acting on a dam (26 m long) and the location of the center of pressure. 10
points

5. Compute the total resultant force acting on the circular gate and the location of the center of pressure. 10 points

6. A refreshing beverage flows steadily from the cooler of diameter D into an outlet of diameter d. compute Q
in order to maintain a constant h.
7. Derive the equation to determine the manometer reading, h. 15 points

8. A pressure in a pipe is 60 psi above atmospheric. Calculate the value of h. Neglect viscous effects. 10 points

9. Water flows out at the bottom of the tank (20 holes) with 10-mm diameter each. Calculate h considering steady
state operation. 10 points
10. A liquid is siphoned from a container as shown below. Compute H of which the water can be siphoned
without cavitation occurring. 15 points

11. Water flows as shown in the channel. The channel width decreases from 15 ft to 9 ft. Calculate the flowrate. 10
points

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