UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Facultad de Ingeniería
FLUIDS MECHANIC
SEMESTER 2019B

Activity 1: Fluids mechanic

1. OBJECTIVE

Analyze concepts of hydrostatic of fluids, applying concepts of forces and balance on submerged
surfaces with the objective of understanding its behavior to rigorously apply it to the engineering field.
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2. INSTRUCTIONS:

Task 1: Resolving the following exercises:

1. The water in a tank is pressurized by air, and the pressure is measured by a multifluid
manometer as shown on the figure. Determine the gage pressure of air in the tank if
. Take the densities of water, oil and mercury to be
, respectively.

Figure 1
Source: Çengel (2006)
2. The maximum blood pressure in the upper arm of a healthy person is about 120mmHg. If a
vertical tube open to the atmosphere is connected to the vein in the arm of a person,
determine how high the blood will rise in the tube. Take density of the blood to be .

Figure 2
Source: Çengel (2006)

3. The pressure in a natural gas pipeline is measured by the manometer shown in the figure
with one of the arms open to the atmosphere where the local atmospheric pressure is 14.2
psia. Determine the absolute pressure in the pipeline.

Figure 3
Source: Çengel (2006)
4. A 4-m-high, 5-m-wide rectangular plate blocks the end of a 4-m-deep freshwater channel, as
shown in the figure, the plate is hinged about a horizontal axis along its upper edge through a
point A and is restrained from opening by a fixed ridge at point B. Determine the force
exerted on the plate by the ridge.

Figure 4
Source: Çengel (2006)

5. A long, solid cylinder of radius 2 ft hinged at point A is used as an automatic gate, as shown
in the figure. When the water level reaches 15 ft, the cylindrical gate opens by turning about
the hinge at point A. Determine (a) the hydrostatic force acting on the cylinder and its line of
action when the gates opens and (b) the weight of the cylinder per ft length of the cylinder.

Figure 5
Source: Çengel (2006)
 6. 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 10-cm-high portion of the ice block extends
above the surface of the water, determine the height of the ice block below the surface.

Figure 6
Source: Çengel (2006)

Reference:
Cengel, Y. A. (2010). Fluid mechanics. Tata McGraw-Hill Education.

3. RUBRIC:
Each exercise would be evaluated with 1 point each one.