Fluid Mechanics Answer key

1. Which one of the following is NOT considered a fluid?

1. oil
2. air
3. sand
4. liquid nitrogen

2. ..is the mass per unit volume of a substance

1. mass
2. weight
3. density
4. chemistry

3. Whose principal states that the buoyant force on an object is equal to the weight of the fluid
displaced by the object?

1. Pascal
2. Bernoulli
3. Archimedes

4. Whose principle states the pressure exerted by a moving stream of fluid is less than the
pressure of the surrounding fluid?

1. Bernoulli
2. Pascal
3. Archimedes

5. Whose principal states that when force is applied to a confined fluid, an increase in pressure is
transmitted equally to all parts of the fluid?

1. Bernoulli
2. Pascal
3. Newton

6.The upward force of water or air that keeps an object afloat is called .

1. matter
2. solid
3. gas
4. buoyancy

7. Fluid pressure is always directed

1. up.
2. down.
3. sideways.
4. in all directions.
8. According to Boyle's law, if the pressure placed upon a gas is increased,

1. The volume will increase.

2. The volume will decrease.
3. The temperature will increase.
4. The temperature will decrease.

9. Air pressure is measured with a(n)

1. thermometer
2. barometer
3. anemometer
4. psychrometer

10. The force pushing on a surface divided by the area of that surface.

1. pressure
2. gravity
3. inertia

11. What is the density of an object that has a mass of 184 g and a volume of 50 cm3?

1. 9200 g / cm3
2. 3.68 g / cm3
3. .271 g / cm3
4. 3.74 g / cm3

12. As the pressure of a gas at 2 atm is changed to 1 atm at constant temperature, the volume of
the gas

1. decrease
2. increase
3. remain the same
4. start over

1. At what depth below the surface of oil, relative density 0.8, will produce a pressure of 120
kN/m2? What depth of water is this equivalent to?
2. A manometer connected to a pipe indicates a negative gauge pressure of 50mm of mercury.
What is the absolute pressure in the pipe in Newtons per square meter is the atmospheric
pressure is?
3. State and explain any three pressure measuring pressure instrument.
4.