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Q1

(A) Write out the meanings of the following terms and provide a mathematical
expression if any:

a) Steady flow

b) Bernoulli equation

c) Stagnation pressure

d) Continuity equation

e) Cavitation

(B)

A U-tube manometer is connected to a closed tank as shown in Fig. 1. The air

pressure in the tank is 3.4 kPa and the liquid in the tank is oil (=8.5 kN/m3). The
pressure at point A is 13.78 kPa. Determine: (a) the depth of oil, z, and (b) the
differential reading, h, on the manometer.

Figure 1
Q2

A 15.24 cm diameter piston is located within a cylinder that is connected to a 1.3cm

diameter inclined-tube manometer as shown in Fig. 2. The fluid in the cylinder and
the manometer is oil (=9.3 kN/m3). When a weight, W, is placed on the top of the
cylinder, the fluid level in the manometer tube rises from point (1) to (2). How heavy
is the weight? Assume that the change in position of the piston is negligible.

Figure 2
Q3

A homogeneous, 1.2 m wide, 9.6 m long rectangular gate weighing 3.6 kN is held in
place by a horizontal flexible cable as shown in Fig. 3. Water acts against the gate,
which is hinged at point A. Friction in the hinge is negligible. Determine the tension
in the cable.

Figure 3
Q4

The 5.5 m long lightweight gate of Fig. 4 is a quarter circle and is hinged at H.
Determine the horizontal force, P, required to hold the gate in place. Neglect friction
at the hinge and the weight of the gate.

Figure 4
Q5

A 1-m-diameter cylindrical mass, M, is connected to a 2-mwide rectangular gate as

shown in Fig. 5. The gate is to open when the water level, h, drops below 2.5 m.
Determine the required value for M. Neglect friction at the gate hinge and the
pulley.

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Figure 5
Q6

Air is drawn into a wind tunnel used for testing automobiles as shown in Fig. 6.
(a) Determine the manometer reading, h, when the velocity in the test section is
97km/h. Note that there is a 2.5 cm column of oil on the water in the manometer.
(b) Determine the difference between the stagnation pressure on the front
of the automobile and the pressure in the test section.

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Figure 6
Q7

Water (assumed frictionless and incompressible) flows steadily from a large tank and
exits through a vertical, constant diameter pipe as shown in Fig. 7. The air in the tank
is pressurized to 50 kN/m2. Determine
(a) The height h, to which the water rises,
(b) The water velocity in the pipe, and
(c) The pressure in the horizontal part of the pipe.

Figure 7
Q8

Air flows through the device shown in Fig. 8. If the flowrate is large enough, the
pressure within the constriction will be low enough to draw the water up into the
tube. Determine the flowrate, Q, and the pressure needed at section (1) to draw the
water into section (2). Neglect compressibility and viscous effects.

Figure 8
Q9

Water flows steadily from a large open tank and discharges into the atmosphere
though a 7.6 cm diameter pipe as shown in Fig. 9. Determine the diameter, d, in the
narrowed section of the pipe at A, if the pressure gages at A and B indicate the same
pressure.

Figure 9
Q10

What pressure, p1, is needed to produce a flowrate of 2.5 x 10-3 m3/s from the tank
shown in Fig. 10. (SG gasoline= 0.68).

Figure 10