Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Universiti Teknologi Malaysia SME 1313 Mechanics of Fluids I: Second Semester 2010

HOMEWORK 5
Solution
5-1 A 0.25 m diameter cylinder is 0.25 m long and composed of material with specific weight 8000 N/m3. Will it float in water with the ends horizontal. [Ans: No] 5-2 Consider a wooden cylinder (SG = 0.6) 1 m in diameter and 0.8 m long. Would this cylinder be stable if placed to float with its axis vertical in oil (SG = 0.8)?

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5-3 A cylindrical can 76 mm in diameter and 152 mm high, weighing 1.11 N, contains water to depth of 76 mm. When this can is placed in water, how deep will it sink? 5-5 The cylinder shown is the diagram is made from uniform material. What is its specific weight if the diameter of the cylinder is 450 mm?

600 mm

750 mm

SG = 0.823

5-4

A cylindrical log has diameter of 450 mm and length of 6.75 m. When the log is floating in fresh water with its long axis horizontal, 110 mm of its diameter is above the surface. What is the specific weight of the wood in the log?

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5-6

The homogeneous timber AB as shown in the diagram is 0.15 m 0.35 m in cross section. Determine the specific weight of the timber and the tension in the rope.

5-7

Consider a large cubic ice block floating in seawater. The specific gravities of the ice and seawater are 0.92 and 1.025, respectively. If a 10 cm high portion of the ice block extends above the surface of the water, determine the height of the ice block below the surface. [Ans: 87.6 cm]

5-8

The hull of a boat has a volume of 150 m3, and the total mass of the boat when empty is 8560 kg. Determine how much load this boat can carry without sinking (a) in a lake and (b) in seawater with a specific gravity of 1.03.

Mohd Zubil Bahak @2011 mzubil@fkm.utm.my