FINAL EXAMINATIONS FLUID MECHANICS

Name: _________________________________________________ Course/Yr.: ____________ ID#

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Test I. MULTIPLE CHOICE.
1. The difference in pressure between any two points in a homogeneous fluid at rest is equal
to the product of the unit weight of the fluid () to the ____________ distance (h) between
the points.
a. Diagonal

b. vertical

c. horizontal

d. None
above

of

the

2. If a triangle of height d and base b is vertical and submerged in liquid with its vertex at the
liquid surface, the depth to its center of pressure (h cp) is:
a. 3d/4

b. 5d/8

c. d/2

d. None
above

of

the

3. If a triangle of height d and base b is vertical and submerged in liquid with its base at the
liquid surface, the depth to its center of pressure (h cp) is:
a. 3d/4

b. 5d/8

c. d/2

d. None
above

of

the

4. If a circular area of diameter d is vertical and submerged in a liquid with its upper edge at
the liquid surface, the depth to its center of pressure (h cp) is:
a. 3d/4

b. 5d/8

c. d/2

d. None
above

of

the

5. A stone weighs 105 lbs in air. When submerged in water, it weighs 67.0 lbs. The volume of
the stone is:
a. 0.409 ft3

b. 0.509 ft3

c. 0.609 ft3

a. Normal force

b. Buoyant force

c. Drag force

a. Pressure head

b. Pressure height

d. None
of
the
above
6. Any floating body is subjected to two systems of parallel forces: the downward force of
gravity and the _______.
d. None
of
the
above
7. It is the height h of a column of homogeneous liquid of unit weight that will produce an
intensity of pressure p. In other words, h = p/ .
c. Pressure
d. None
of
the
column
above
8. The _____________ Principle states that a body, wholly or partially submerged in a liquid, is
buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of equal volume of the liquid displaced.
a. Pascal

b. Bernoulli

c. Archimedes

d. None
of
the
above
9. The weight of solid body when it is submerged in water is __________ the original weight in
air.
a. Less than

b. Greater than

c. Equal to

d. None

of

the

above
10.The difference between the weight of an object in air and the weight of the object in liquid
is known as the __________________.
a. Drag force
b. Buoyant force
c. Pressure
d. None
of
the
above
11.The total hydrostatic pressure on any plane surface is equal to the product of the area of
the surface and the unit pressure at its ________________.
a. Center of gravity

b. Center
of c. Midpoint
d. None
of
the
pressure
above
12.If the specific weight of a substance is 8.2 kN/m 3, its mass density is ___________________.
a. 816 kg/m3

b. 826 kg/m3

c. 836 kg/m3

a. 40.0 N

b. 30.0 N

c. 20.0 N

a. 22.4 kPa

b. 32.4 kPa

c. 42.4 kPa

d. None
above

of

the

c. 22.77 ft of water

d. None
above

of

the

d. None
of
above
13.What would be the weight of a 3-kg mass on a planet where the acceleration due to
gravity is 10.00 m/s2?

the

d. None
of
the
above
14.An open tank contains 5.7 m of water covered with 2.8 m of kerosene ( = 8.0 kN/m3). The
pressure at the interface is:

15.Convert 9 psi to feet of water.

a. 18.77 ft of water

b. 20.77 ft of water

Test II. APPLICATION.

1. <10 points> A manometer is attached to a conduit, as shown in Figure 1. Calculate the
pressure at point A.
2. <15 points> Curved wall ABC is a quarter circle 9 ft wide into the paper. Compute the
horizontal and vertical hydrostatic forces on the wall and the line of action of the resultant
force. (Refer to Figure 2.)
3. <10 points> For the dam shown in Figure 3, find the horizontal pressure acting at the
face of the dam at 20-ft depth.

Figure 1.

Figure 3.

Figure 2.