Elevation (f0) ‘Temperature “5000 5011 (base) 3500 552 6000 03 6400 626 7100 670 7400 684 8200 700 600 695 9200 680 9900 67.1 (op) ee 2.24 A U-tube manometer is connected to a closed tank containing air and water as shown in Fig P2 24 At the closed. end of the manometer the ait pressute is 16 psia Determine the reading on the pressure gage for a differential reading of 4 {1 fon the manometer. Express your answer in psi (gage) Assume standard atmospheric pressure and neglect the weight of the ait columns in the manometer y= Closed vabe — A presse = 16 psia a | yt by 250%) ¢ rs FIGURE P2.24 2.25 A closed cylindrical tank filled with water has a hem ‘spherical dome and is connected to an inverted piping system as shown in Fig. P2.25. The liquid in the top part of the piping system has a specific gravity of 0 8, and the remaining parts of the system are filled with water. Ifthe pressure page reaving at A is 60 kPa, determine: (a) the pressure in pipe B. and (b) the pressure head, in millimeters of mercury, al the top of the dome {point C) Hemispheical dome water m FIGURE P2.25 2.26 In Fig P226 pipe A contains carbon tetrachloride {SG = 1.60) and the closed storage tank B contains a salt brine (SG = 1.15). Determine the air pressure in unk B if the pressure 1m pipe A is 25 psi = FIGURE P2.26 2.27 A Untube mercury manometer is connected to a closed pressurized ank as tlustrated in Fig. P2.27. If the ait pressure 1s 2 psi, determine the differential reading, h. The specific weight of the air is negligible Mercury (56 = 136) = FIGURE P2.2790 chapter 2/ Fluid Statics 228 An inverted open tank 1s held in place by a force R as shown in Fig P2 28. Ifthe specific gravity of the manometer uid 1s 2.5, determune the value ol h on amete m FIGURE P2.28 2.29 Water, oil, and an unknown fluid are contained in the Vertical tubes shown in Fig. P229 Determine the density of the uunknowe fluid in giameter 2an darete | FIGURE P2.29 4 2.30 Although itis difficult 10 compress water, the den: sity of water at the bottom of the ocean is greater than that at the surface because of the higher pressure at depth. Estimate how much higher the ocean's surface would be if the density Of seawater were instantly changed (0 a uniform density equal to that at the surface ‘The mercury manometer of Fig P31 indicates a dif- 231 ferential reading of 0.30 m when the pressure in pipe A is 30- 1g vacuums, Determine the pressure in pipe B. @ FIGURE P2.31"" 232 For the inclined-tube manometer of Fig. P2.32 the pressure in pipe A is 08 psi The fluid in both pipes A and Bis ‘ater, and the gage fluid in the manometer has a specific gravity ‘of 26. What is the pressure in pipe B corresponding to the differenual reading shown? ~~ = FIGURE P2.32 2.33 Compartments A and B of the tank shown in Fig P23 are closed and filled with air and a liquid with a specific eravity equal to 0.6 Determine the manometer reading, A, if the Jbarometnc pressure is 14 7 psia and the pressure gage reads 0.5 psi The effect of the weight of the air is negligible 36) m FIGURE P2.33 nn234 Small differences in measured with a micromanomet P24. This device consists of two large reservoirs each having @ cross-sectional area A, which are filled with a liquid having Specific weight 7 and connected by 4 U-tube of cross-sectional area A, containing a liquid of specific weight yy. When a dit ferenual gas pressure, p, ~ p,, is applied, aifferenuial reading, fa, develops It 1s desired to have this reuding sufficiently large (s0 that it can be easily read) for small pressure differentials Determine the relationship between h and p, — p, when the area ratio 4,/A, 1s small, and show that the differenual reading, ‘h, can be ‘magnified by making the difference in specific weights, ys ~ y1, small. Assume that amitially (with p, = p,) the fluid levels in the 10 reservoirs are equal 888 pressures are commonly fer of the type tlustrated in Fig FIGURE P2.36 ee Water, oil, and salt water fill a tube as shown in Fig. 37, Determine the pressure at point | (inside the closed tube) 1 density = 1 20 siugs an ameter 2am, diameter an san et aa SG =1.20 ah as @ FIGURE P2.34 + | FIGURE P2.37 ached 0 the 2.38 Am inverted U-tube manometer containing oil (SG = 238 An aur-filled, hemispherical shell is at 08) is located between iwo reservar a shown ieFig, P28, ocean floor aa depth of 10 m as shown in Fig. P23. A me The reservoir on the left, which contains carbon tetrachlonde, CUry barometer located inside the shell reads 765 mm Hg, and Ss loved wud presauraed ta 9 pu The reccrvo on the night Meteuy U-tube manometer designed ogi the outside water Contanne water and ts open to the atmosphere. With the pieen Pressure indicates a differential reading of 735 mun Hg as ilus- ata, determine the depth of water, hin the nght reservoir trated. Based on these data what is the almospheric pressure at the ocean surface? / Shell wal m@ FIGURE P2.35 2.36 Determine the elevation difference, Ah, between the ‘water levels in the 1wo open tanks shown in Fig, P2.36