2nd Sem.

SY

Second Term Examinations EMECH4a (FLUID MECHANICS)

2012-2013
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DIRECTIONS:
WRITE YOUR ANSWERS IN YOUR TEST BOOKLET. AVOID
ERASURES.
Test I. MULTIPLE CHOICE <30 points>.
1. An iron block weighs 5N and has a volume of 200 cm 3. What is most nearly the density
of the block?
a. 875 kg/m3
b. 988 kg/m3
c. 1250 kg/m3
d. 2550
kg/m3
2. If the density of a gas is 0.003 slugs/ft3, what is most nearly the specific weight of the
gas? (1 slug = 14.59 kg)
a. 9.0 N/m3
b. 15 N/m3
c. 76 N/m3
d. 98 N/m3
3. The specific gravity of mercury relative to water is 13.55. What is most nearly the
specific weight of mercury? (The specific weight of water is 62.4 lb/ft 3.)
a. 82.3 kN/m3
b. 102 kN/m3
c. 133 kN/m3
d. 151
kN/m3
4. If the specific weight of the liquid is 58.5 lb/ft 3, what is most nearly the specific volume
of the liquid?
a. 0.532 cm3/g
b. 0.675 cm3/g
c. 0.950 cm3/g
d. 1.07
5.
6.

7.
8.

cm3/g
Which of the following are NOT units of pressure?
a. kPa
b. N/cm2
c. bars
d. kg/m2
2
A cylinder weighs 150 lbf. Its cross-sectional area is 40 in . When the cylinder stands
vertically on one end, approximately what pressure does the cylinder exert on the floor?
a. 14 kPa
b. 26 kPa
c. 63 kPa
d. 90 kPa
An oil sample weighs 38 612.16 N and has a volume of 4.8 cu.m. Calculate the specific
gravity of the sample.
a. 0.67
b. 0.75
c. 0.82
d. 0.68
What is most nearly the gage pressure at point A in the
tank of water if h = 2m?
a. 12 kPa
c. 16 kPa
b. 13 kPa
d. 20 kPa

9. A drinking glass filled with a fluid of density is quickly inverted. The top of the glass,
which becomes the bottom after the glass is inverted, is open. What is the pressure at
the closed end at point A?
a. Patm
c. Patm - gh
b. Patm + gh
d. gh
10.It states that the pressure applied to a confined fluid acts equally in all directions.
a. Pascals Principle
c. Archimedes Principle
b. Boyles Law
d. Daltons Law
11.When a uniform flat plate is placed horizontally at a depth of

as shown in Figure 1,

the magnitude of the force exerted by the fluid on the plate is 20 kN. When this plate is
tilted about its center of gravity through 30 as shown in Figure 2, the magnitude of the
force (kN) exerted by the fluid on the plate is most nearly

a. 20 sin 30

b. 20 cos 30
c. 20 tan 30

d. 20

12.The figure shows an L-shaped gate ABC hinged at B. Ignoring

the weight of the gate, the value of

(m) when the gate is

about to open is most nearly

a. 2.0
c. 3.0

b. 2.5
d. 3.5

13.The pressure at a point 4 m below the free surface of water is ________________.

a. 19.24 Kpa
b. 29.24 Kpa
c. 39.24 Kpa
d. 49.24
Kpa
14.A vertical wall is subjected to a pressure due to one kind of liquid, on one of its sides.
The total pressure on the wall acts at a distance ___________ from the liquid surface.
a. H/3
b. H/2
c. 2H/3
d. 3H/4
15.The stability of a dam is checked for ___________.
a. tension at the base
c. sliding of the dam
b. overturning of the dam
d. all of these

Test II. APPLICATION <10 points>.

1. Dams can vary from very large structures with curved faces holding back water to great
depths to relatively small structures with plane faces as shown. Assume that the concrete
dam weighs 23.6 kN/m3 and rests on a solid foundation. Determine the minimum coefficient
of friction between the dam and the foundation required to keep the dam from sliding at
the water depth shown. You do not need to consider possible uplift along the base. Base
your analysis on a unit length of the dam.