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E.Arrambide
Fluid Mechanics: Hydrostatic Pressure Problems 1
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Hydrostatic Pressure Pascal's Principle
Density & Specific Gravity Pressure
aay P=Po + pgh +...
units (25, ‘
bts e Postatm= 1.013310" Pa
S.G,= Pats — NoUnits | Units |= Pal
Prater
Po=Atmospheric pressure
Density of water:
‘Lgfem*=1000 ke/m?
Density of alt: :
=
Density/Speci
1, The approximate volume of the granite monolith known as the El Capitan in Yosemite National
Park is about 10%m Density of granite is 2.7x10'Ke/m”. What is its approximate mass?
Ve 10% 2
Po2.t x8 iim? mse ys suid egfforil> 2. 2410"K9
2. What is the approximate mass of air in a living room 5.8m X 3.8m X 2.8m?
me eVe [12 4[6.02-oeo} 2Y.0SKg
3, Estimate your volume [Hint: Because you can swim on or just under the surface of the water in a
swimming pool, you have a pretty good idea of your density]. Units in Kg, m?
C= 1000Kgiwt Ps
pe SLKG a 2 $9-92K8_ 0.09
€ 1000,
4. Turpentine has a specific gravity of 0.9. What isits density?
S.6.20-F s.c.e Cue
Cv Oe = 900 Kal
0. Cue
0d
5. cork has volume of ‘gn apd welche 410°N, What is the specific gravity of cork?
stone? (228 (F 4a S.b Cow 20.25
pee dent .0.00! “Joos ©
Fee (Oo SV ams
ol P= 250 49m? oko
Arrambide Pyseg AP/Dual I
pressure
6. A vertical column made of cement has a base area of 0.5m’. If its height is 2m, and the specific
gravity of cement is 3, how much pressure does this column exert on the ground?
AcoSet PE .wd P= goo odie)
oe , em mee Si GooOM-EX2)
. m=z 3000
Ke
7. Estimate the pressure exerted on a floor by:
‘a. A'SOkg model standing momentarily on a single spike hill {iran
A Deo.0sen?- Hell = Soxtom
05cm’)
b. The pressure exerted by a 1500kg elephant standing on one foot (Area=800cm’)
s.
po? P= - 19000N _ | _ganio*Pa
“i oe = & Brot
c. What about a 1500kg elephant, using high heels and standing on one foot? :P (Area=0. 05cm’)
2
= BODES Zxi0 om
3 xn10tPa
)
4. who isthe most dangerous? Who apples the greatest pressure? elephion wv He heels!
