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Example3:

As shown in figure water flows through pipe A and B. The pressure difference of these two points is to be
measured by multiple tube manometers. Oil with specific gravity 0.88 is in the upper portion of inverted Utube
andmercuryinthebottomofbothbends.Determinethepressuredifference.
Solution:
Givendata:Specificgravityoftheoilintheinvertedtube0.88
SpecificgravityofMercuryintheUtube13.6
CalculatethePressuredifferencebetweeneachtwopointasfollow
P2P1=hg=hSwg
Startfromoneandi.e.PAorPB.

Fig.Ex3

RearrangingandsummingalltheseequationswehavePAPB=103.28wg
Answer:10.131kPa
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