Homework#3 Fluid Mechanics I J.

Ghazanfarian

1. For what uniform rotation rate in r/min about axis C will the U-tube in Fig. 1
takes the configuration shown? The fluid is mercury at 20°C.

2. An iceberg can be idealized as a cube of side length L, as in Fig. 2. If

seawater is denoted by SG= 1.0, then glacier ice (which forms icebergs) has
SG= 0.88. Determine if this “cubic’’ iceberg is stable for the position shown in
Fig. 2.

Fig. 1 Fig. 2

3. The tank of water in Fig. 3 is full and open to the atmosphere at point A. For
what acceleration ax in ft/s2 will the pressure at point B be (a) atmospheric and
(b) zero absolute?

4. Gate AB in Fig. 4 is a quarter circle 10 ft wide into the paper and hinged at
B. Find the force F just sufficient to keep the gate from opening. The gate is
uniform and weighs 3000 lbf.

5. Three gates of negligible weight are used to hold back water in a channel of
width b as shown in Fig. 5. The force of the gate against the block for gate (b) is
R. Determine (in terms of R) the force against the blocks for the other two
gates.

6. The concrete1 (specific weight = 150 lb/ft3) seawall of Fig. 6 has a curved
surface and restrains seawater at a depth of 24 ft. The trace of the surface is a
parabola as illustrated. Determine the moment of the fluid force (per unit
length) with respect to an axis through the toe (point A).
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Fig. 3 Fig. 4

Fig. 5
7. (Extera credit, computer program) An inverted hollow cone is pushed into
the water as is shown in Fig. 7. Determine the distance, that the water rises in
the cone as a function of the depth, d, of the lower edge of the cone. Plot the
results for when H is equal to 1 m. Assume the temperature of the air within
the cone remains constant.

Fig. 6 Fig. 7