Tutorial Week 03: MS2220 – Introduction to Fluid Mechanics

Collaborative Learning

Date: 1 February 2023. 17:00-19:00

1. A student accidentally drove his car into the pool at FTMD. His car sinks under the water and
lands on the bottom of the pool with a distance of 4 ft from the water surface to the top of the
car’s door. The door can be approximated as 36 in. wide and 40 in. high and has hinges on the
vertical side. The water level inside the car is up to midheight of the door and the air inside the
car is at atmospheric pressure. Calculate the force (in lb) he needs to put to push the car open at
24 in. from the hinge line. What should he do to lower the force he needs to use to open the
door?

Solution (Problem 2.78):

Schematic:

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Assumptions:

• The density of the water in the pool is constant.

• The friction on the hinge is negligible. 10

Calculations: <<70>>

• Finding Fi: <<20>>

• Finding Fo: <<20>>
• Finding Freq: <<20>>
• How to survive: <<10>>
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He needs take a deep breath and then open the window so that the water gets into the car and fills the
inside of the car. Then, the door will be easier to open since both sides of the door will have the same
pressure.
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2. A manometer with a tube inclined at θ degrees from the horizontal line, as shown in the following figure.
The large (D) and small (d) tube diameters are 100 and 8 mm. If the liquid deflection L must be five times
larger than the total deflection of a regular U-tube manometer, what is inclination θ should be? Evaluate
the sensitivity of this inclined-tube manometer.

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