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The document consists of a series of physics problems related to fluid mechanics, including calculations of pressure, weight, mass density, specific weight, capillary action, and surface tension. It covers various scenarios involving freshwater, seawater, and different liquids like mercury and helium, as well as practical applications like measuring flow rates and capillary rise in tubes. Each problem requires specific formulas and principles from fluid dynamics to arrive at the solutions.

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FME8-Problem-Set-1

The document consists of a series of physics problems related to fluid mechanics, including calculations of pressure, weight, mass density, specific weight, capillary action, and surface tension. It covers various scenarios involving freshwater, seawater, and different liquids like mercury and helium, as well as practical applications like measuring flow rates and capillary rise in tubes. Each problem requires specific formulas and principles from fluid dynamics to arrive at the solutions.

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1. Compare the total pressure at the bottom of a swimming pool of depth 3.

00m if its filled with freshwater


and seawater.
2. A liter of water weighs about 9.75N. Compute its mass in kilograms.
3. If an object has a mass of 22kg at sea level, a) what will be its weight at a point where the acceleration due
to gravity g=9.75 m/s2? b) What will be its mass at that point?
4. What is the specific weight of air at 480 kPa absolute and 21°C?
5. Find the mass density of helium at a temperature of 4°C and a pressure of 184 kPa gage, if atmospheric
pressure is 101.92 kPa. (R=2079 J/kg-K).
6. Two clean parallel glass plates, separated by a distance d=1.5mm, are dipped in a bath of water. How far
does the water rise due to capillary action, if σ=0.0730 N/m?
7. Find the angle the surface tension film leaves the glass for a vertical tube immersed in water if the diameter
is 0.25 inch and the capillary rise is 0.08 inch. Use σ=0.005 lb/ft.
8. What force is required to lift a thin wire ring 6cm in diameter from a water surface at 20°C (σ= of water at
20°C = 0.0728 N/m) Neglect the weight of the ring.
9. Jennifer is conducting an experiment that uses cooling water from a garden hose. In order to calculate the
volume flow rate of water through the hose, she times how long it takes to fill a container. The volume of
water collected is V = 1.1 gal in time period ∆t = 45.62 s, as measured with a stopwatch. Calculate the
volume flow rate of water through the hose in units of cubic meters per minute.
10. A 0.6-mm-diameter glass tube is inserted into water at 20°C in a cup. Deter mine the capillary rise of water in
the tube. Express in cm.
11. A 0.9-in-diameter glass tube is inserted into mercury, which makes a contact angle of 140° with glass. Deter
mine the capillary drop of mercury in the tube at 68°F.
12. Find the bulk modulus of elasticity of a liquid if a pressure of 150 psi is applied to 10ft3 of the liquid causes a
volume reduction of 0.02ft3.
13. If K=2.2 GPa is the bulk modulus of elasticity for water, what pressure is required to reduce a volume by 0.6
percent?
14. A thin walled spherical tank is filled with water at a pressure of 4666 psig; the tank’s volume is then 805.407
in3 . If the water is released from the tank, how many pounds will be collected at atmospheric pressure? Use
305 000 psi as an average value of the bulk modulus of elasticity.
15. If a bubble is equivalent to an air-water interface with σ=0.005 lb/ft, what is the pressure difference
between the inside and outside of a bubble of diameter 0.003 in?
16. At 30°C, what diameter glass tube is necessary to keep the capillary height change of water less than 2mm?
17. A 1-in-diameter soap bubble has an internal pressure 0.0045 lb/in2 greater that that of the outside
atmosphere. Compute the surface tension of the soap-air interface. Note that a soap bubble has two
interfaces with air, an inner and outer surface of nearly the same radius
18. What capillary depression of mercury may be expected in a 0.08-in-diamter tube at 68°F?

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