Fluid Mechanics
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Easy questions to refresh your knowledge on Properties of fluid.
(Excerpt from Fluid Mechanics Worked Problems for Engineers)
Questions and Answers
- 1.
The excess pressure above atmospheric pressure is called
- A.
Absolute pressure
- B.
Gauge pressure
- C.
Atmospheric pressure
- D.
Standard pressure
Correct Answer
B. Gauge pressure -
- 2.
A hydraulic press has a ram of 10 cm diameter and a plunger of 1 cm diameter. Determine the force required on the plunger to raise a mass of 500 kg on the ram.
- A.
49.05 N
- B.
50.01 N
- C.
52.6 N
- D.
60.0 N
Correct Answer
A. 49.05 N -
- 3.
The reading of a barometer is 75.5 cm of mercury. If the specific gravity of mercury is 13.6, what is the equivalent pressure in Newton per square meter?
- A.
98,790
- B.
99,790
- C.
100,790
- D.
150,790
Correct Answer
C. 100,790 -
- 4.
A boat JIAN MARIE has a displacement of 3000 tonnes in sea water. Determine the volume of the boat below the water line if the density of sea water is 1021.0 kg per cubic meter?
- A.
2937.8 cubic meter
- B.
2812.2 cubic meter
- C.
2556 cubic meter
- D.
2037 cubic meter
Correct Answer
A. 2937.8 cubic meter -
- 5.
A spherical storage vessel 3 m in diameter contains a process liquid at half capacity. Determine the time taken to drain the vessel to a depth of 1m through an orifice with a diameter of 25 mm at the bottom of the vessel. The discharge coefficient of the orifice is 0.6.
- A.
1041 sec
- B.
2141 sec
- C.
2341 sec
- D.
2541 sec
Correct Answer
C. 2341 sec -
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