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The exam is closed book and closed notes.
The manometer fluid in the Figure below is mercury ( = 26.34 slug/ft3) and the flowing fluid is
gasoline ( = 1.32 slug/ft3). Neglecting friction, estimate the volume flow rate in the tube.

(1) (2)

2 2
Bernoullis Equation: 1 + 2
1
+ 1 = 2 + 2
2
+ 2
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Solution:

KNOWN: h, D, gasoline, mercury

(1) FIND: Q

ASSUMPTIONS: frictionless, steady, incompressible flow

ANALYSIS:

Pressure difference between point 1 and point 2 from manometer reading:

(2)
2 1 =
(0.5)
1
2 1 = 26.34 3 1.32 3 32.2 2 = 67.1 2
12

Bernoulli equation between point 1 and 2:

(1)
1 12 2 22
+ + 1 = + + 2
2 2

Elevation difference between the two points is zero, and point 2 is stagnation with V2=0:

1 12 2 (1)
+ =
2

1 = 2(2 1 )/

(0.5)

1 = 2(67.1)/(1.32) = 10.1

(1) (0.5)
= 1 1 = 1 12
4
(0.5)
2 3
3
= (10.1) = 0.496
4 12