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Fluid Mechjanics(DT:01-5-2020)
PRACTICE QUESTIONS-UNIT-2-- Dr.P.V.REDDY

Q-1) Illustration of Pascal's principle at work in a hydraulic press.

According to Pascal's principle, the original pressure (P1) exerted on the
small piston (A1) will produce pressure. Given A2 has 10 times the area
of A1.Through Pascal's principle, a relatively small human effort force of
200 Newton exerted on a hydraulic press can be lift a car of weight would
is:

a) 20kN
b) 4kN
c) 2kN
d) 40kN

Q-2) A U-tube mercury-manometer is used to measure the gauge pressure

of a liquid of specific gravity = 0.7. Local atmospheric pressure is stated as
99.7kPa.The manometric fluid mercury with a specific gravity of
13.6.What is the gauge pressure, if case (i) h1=40cm and h2=90cm, and
 case (ii) h1=40cm and h2= -10cm?

a) 117.3kPa and -16kPa

b) 217kPa (abs.) and 83.7kPa(abs.)
c) Both of these
d) None of the above mentioned

Q-3) Consider an inclined manometer consists of a vertical cylinder of

35mm diameter. A 5mm diameter non- capillary tube is connected at the
bottom of this cylinder. The tube is made inclined upward at an angle of
150 to the horizontal plane. Take g=9.8m/s2 . The top of this tube is open
to the atmosphere. The vertical cylinder is connected to an air duct and
the manometric liquid has relative density of 0.785.Estimate the gauge
pressure in the air duct if the manometric reading is 50mm along the
inclined tube and error if the movement of the fluid in the vertical cylinder
is ignored?

a) 107.4kPa and 7.3%

b) 117.6kPa and 8.15%
c) 96.6kPa and 1.5%
d) None of these
Q-4) Estimate the effort required to push up the 4cm diameter plug in a
bath of water 20cm deep, to let the water out, if the plug is a loose – fit in
the plug-hole and the lever mechanism that operates the plug provides a
mechanical advantage (M.A) of 3.
a) 2.46N
b) 7.38N
c) 0.82N
d) 0.41N

Q-5) Figure shows, a water tank of width 5m ( perpendicular to plane of

paper) with an L- shaped cross- section.It has a metal plane gate which is
hinged at the top of its right hand end as shoen. If the tank is filled with
water to a level of 8m, the minimum torque needed at the hinge to keep the
gate closed and the force on the base of the tank, are respectively.

a) 720kN-m clockwise and 3.92KN

b) 720kN-m counter clockwise and 3.92KN
c) 2.75kN-m counter clock wise and 0.72kN
d) None of these
Q-6) A vertical rectangular plane wetted surface is submerged in water
such that its top and bottom surfaces are 1.5 m and 6.0 m respectively below
the free surface of the oil of specific gravity 0.8.The locational position of
center of pressure below the free surface of the oilwill be at a distance of

a)3.75m
b)4.0m
c)4.2m
d)4.5m

Q-7) A tank with four equal vertical surface of width w and height h is
filled with water. If the hydro-static force on any vertical side surface is
equal to that hydro-static force at the bottom plane surface, the value of h/w
is:
a) 2
b) 1.414
c) 1
d) 0.5

Q-8) A Mohr’s circle reduces a point when the fluid element body is
subjected to:
a) Pure shear
b) Uniaxial stress only
c) Equal normal stresses on two mutually perpendicular planes, which are
free of shear stress
d) Equal and opposite normal stresses on two mutually perpendicular
planes, which are free of shear stress
Q-9) A swimming pool inner dimensions 200m-long, 30m-wide, and
5m-high is filled with water to the depth of 4m. Take g=10m/s2.The
hydrostatic force on bottom surface is:

a) 300 MN
b) 180 KN
c) 240 MN
d) 120 MN

Q-10) In your automobile vehicle sitting and that to you have a cup of
coffee, cup diameter is 9cm at the top of the rim and it is filled to within
1 cm of the top rim .When the cup is placed in a cup-holder above the
dash board, how fast can you accelerates the car without spilling your
hot hot tasty coffee?
a) 2.45m/s2
b) 1.55m/s2
c) 4.25m/s2
d) None of the above mentioned

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