Chapter 5: Pressure
1. | A tank is filled with pure water. If the pressure at the bottom of the tank is 17.63 psig, what is the depth of the water? | |
2. | What is the pressure on an object at the bottom of a fresh water lake if the lake is 123 m deep? | |
3. | An instrument reads 1038 psf. If the instrument was calibrated in kilopascals, what would it read? | |
4. | What will be the reading of a mercury barometer in centimeters if the atmospheric pressure is 14.75 psi? | |
5. | Atank 2.2 ft 3.1 ft 1.79 ft weighs 1003 lb when filled with a liquid. What is the specific gravity of the liquid if the empty tank weighs 173 lb? | |
6. | An open tank 3.2 m wide by 4.7 m long is filled to a depth of 5.7 m with a liquid whose SG is 0.83. What is the absolute pressure on the bottom of the tank in kilopascals? | |
7. | Two pistons connected by a pipe are filled with oil. The larger piston has 3.2 ft diameter and has a force of 763 Ib applied to it. What is the diameter of the smaller piston if it can support a force of 27 lb? | |
8. | A block of wood with a density of 35.3 lb/ft 3 floats in a liquid with three-fourths of its volume submersed. What is the specific gravity of the liquid? | |
9. | A 15.5-kg mass of copper has an apparent mass of 8.7 kg... |