ME 318-Fluid Mechanics

Directions: Solve the following problems. Write your solutions and answers using long size bond
paper. Submit all the requirements one week from now. Due: December 5, 2022.

PROBLEM SET 1

1. A raft with dimensions 6 m x 3 m floats down a river with no weight on it. Calculate how
much of the raft sinks if 205 kg worth of cargo are loaded onto the raft.

2. If the raft in the previous problem only has 5 cm above the water with no cargo on it, how
much cargo can be added until the top of the raft is flush with the water?

3. A 9.75 kg object displaces 1.0 L of water when it is submerged. Calculate the density of
the object.

4. If the density of an object is 5×103 kg/m3, what volume of water would be displaced if the
mass of the object was determined to be 26.0 kg?

5. A wood cube of dimensions with an edge length of 15.0 cm and density of 800 kg/m3
floats in a small container of water. Calculate the vertical distance of the wooden block
above the surface of the water.

6. A hose that is used to fill a 2.0 L bottle has a radius of 1.0 cm. If it takes 120 seconds
minutes to fill the 2.0 L bucket, calculate the speed of the water in the hose.

7. A small cube of edge length 12.0 cm has a density of 700 kg/m3 floats in a large body of
water. Calculate the additional mass that should be placed on top of the cube to make the
top of the cube level with the water.

8. A slab of a given density ρ and thickness h has a mass m on top of it. When placed in fresh
water, the top of the water is level with the top of the slab. Determine the area of the slab.

9. 1.5 N of force is needed to hold a ball completely submerged underwater. If the density of
the ball is 0.05 g/cm3, determine the radius of the ball.

10. What force is required to hold a ball of density 0.075 g/cm3 and radius 1.6 cm completely
submerged under water?