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27.0 The piston A and B of the hydraulic jack are on the same level. Piston A is 100 cm2 while
piston B is 500 cm2. Piston A carries a 500 kg load. Find the required force F at piston B
to carry the load. (ECE Board 11/2000)
(Ans. 2.5 tons)

28.0 In a hydraulic press the small cylinder has a diameter of 8 cm, while the larger piston
has a diameter of 22 cm. If a force of 600N is applied on the small piston, what is the
force on the large piston, neglecting friction? (ECE Board 11/2001)
(Ans. 4537 N)

29.0 2-kg piston with 0.5 meter diameter is acted by a pressurized gas. What should be the
pressure of the gas that would move the piston upward? (ME Board 10/2005)
(Ans. 101.42 kPa)
30.0 A closed piston-cylinder set up contains liquid and water vapor at 100°C then 0.1 meter
diameter piston, exposed to the atmosphere is externally loaded with a force of 20 kN.
What pressure of water is needed to push the piston? (ME Board 10/2005)
(Ans. 2648 kPa)

31.0 Determine the maximum weight W which could be carried by the 45-kg composite piston
shown. If the pressure of gas A is 350 kPa, gas B and C have pressures of 170 and 500
kPa, respectively.
(Ans. 16.58 kN)

32.0 Same as prob. 31, except that the applied weight W=10kN, pA=300 kPa; pB=120 kPa;
find pC to keep the piston in equilibrium.
(Ans. 87 kPa)
33.0 A condenser vacuum gauge reads 715 mmHg when the barometer stands at 757
mmHg. State the absolute pressure in the condenser a) in bars; b) in kN/m2. (ME Board
10/2000)
(Ans. 0.056 bar; 5.6 kN/m2)

34.0 A pressure gage measure 50 kPa vacuum in a system. What is the absolute pressure, if
the atmospheric pressure is 101 kPa? (EE Board 9/2007)
(Ans. 51 000 Pa)

35.0 Convert the following: a) 75 kPaa to mm Hggage; b) 12.5 psia to mmHgvac; c) 24 inHgvac to
mm Hgabs and kPaa; d) 6.5 psig to Mpaa; e) 330 mm Hggage to mm Hgabs and kPag.
(Ans. -197.45 mm Hggage; 113.74 mm Hgvac; 150 mm Hgabs;
20.05 kPaa; 0.146 Mpaa; 1090 mm Hgabs; 44 kPag)
36.0 For the two-compartment vessel shown in Fig. 1.3, determine the reading of gage B if
gage A reads 150 kPag; gage C reads 430 mm Hgvac.
(Ans. 207.33 kPag)

37.0 Determine the vertical pressure due to a column of water 85 m high. (ECE Board 11/99)
(Ans. 8.33x105 N/m2)

38.0 Calculate the bottom pressure of a surge tank in which the depth is 20 meters. (ME
Board 10/2006)
(Ans. 196.2 kPa)
39.0 The absolute pressure at the bottom of the ocean is 120 kPa. How deep is the water at
this point (RDseawater= 1.03)? (ECE Board 11/2000)
(Ans. 1.85m)

40.0 A vertical tube, 3-cm diameter and 1.2-m long, has its upper end open to the
atmosphere. The tube contains equal volumes of oil (RD=0.85) and water. If the tube is
full, find a) the gage pressure at the bottom of the tube; b) the total weight of the liquids.
(Ans. 10.89 kPag; 7.69 N)

41.0 A mercury barometer at the base of Mt. Makiling reads 654 mm and at the same time
another barometer at the top of the mountain reads 480 mm. Assuming specific weight
of air to be constant at 12 N/m3, what is the approximate height of Mt. Makiling? (EE
Board 10/96)
(Ans. 1934 m)
42.0 For the open manometer shown in the figure, what is the pressure in kPa at A? (a=30
cm; b=48 cm, RDHg=13.59)
(Ans. 61.03 kPag)

43.0 For the open manometer shown in the figure, if the pressure at A is reduced by 30 kPa,
what is the new difference in elevation of the mercury surfaces?
(Ans. 24.6 cm)
44.0 For the differential manometer shown in the figure, determine the pressure difference
between points X and Y, when: Fluid at X and Y is brine (RD 1.15), gage fluid is oil (RD
0.9) and z=90 cm.
(Ans. -16.30 kPa)

45.0 For the three-fluid manometer shown, determine the pressure difference between points
1 & 2, if fluids W, X, and Y have relative densities of 0.85, 13.59 and 1.15, respectively.
(Ans. -10.82 kPa)
01. Find the mass flow rate of a liquid (𝜌 = 0.690 g/cm3) flowing through a 5cm (inside
diameter) pipe at 8.3 m/s. (EE Board 10/97)
(Ans. 11.24 kg/s)

02. A horizontal pipe of cross section 8 cm2 has a constriction of cross section of 2 cm2
gasoline flows in the larger pipe with a speed of 10 cm/sec. What is the speed in the
constriction in cm/sec? (EE Board 9/2003)
(Ans. 40cm/s)

03. Air flows through a compressor under steady-flow conditions. At suction: v1 = 0.75 m3/kg,
V1=30m/s. At discharge: v2=0.25 m3/kg, V2=40 m/s. Determine the diameter ratio of the
discharge pipe to that of the suction pipe.
(Ans. 1:2)
04. Water is being drained through a hole at the bottom of a tank at a velocity of 10 m/s. For
a tank diameter of 1.18m and a hole diameter of 5cm, find the rate of change of the
water level in the tank in m/min.
(Ans. 1.08 m/min)

05. Two gaseous streams enter a mixing chamber through two sections and leaves through
one section. Entrance conditions are: A1=450 cm2, v1=150 m/s, v1=0.625m3/kg and
A2=380cm2, v2=55 m/s, 𝜌2=2 kg/m3. At the exit conditions are: v3=245 m/s and
v3=0.58m3/kg. Determine a) the mass flow at section 2; b) area of the exit section.
(Ans. 4.18 kg/s; 354.63 cm2)

06. It is estimated that the annual electrical energy consumption in the country is 1.58x1017J.
Applying Einstein’s theory, determine how many kilograms of matter would have to be
converted to produce this much energy.
(Ans. 1.76 kg)
07. The combined mass of a car and its passengers travelling at 72 km/hr is 1500kg. Find
the kinetic energy of this combined mass.
(Ans. 300 000 J)

08. A 200-gram apple is thrown from the edge of a tall building with an initial speed of 20
m/s. What is the change in kinetic energy of the apple if it strikes the ground at 50 m/s?
(ECE Board 11/99)
(Ans. 210 J)

09. A solid disk flywheel (I = 200 kg∙m2) is rotating with a speed of 900 rpm. What is its
rotational kinetic energy? (ME Board 10/2000)
(Ans. 888 x 103 J)

10. A ball is thrown vertically upward from the ground and a student gazing out the window
sees it moving upward pass him at 5 m/s. The window is 10 m above the ground. How
high does the ball go above the ground? (EE Board 10/95)
(Ans. 11.27 m)
11. What retarding force is required to stop a 0.45 caliber bullet of mass 20g and a speed of
300 m/s as it penetrates a wooden block to a depth of 2 inches? (ECE Board 11/2001)
(Ans. 17 716.535 N)

12. A 40-gram rifle bullet is fired with a speed of 300 m/s into a ballistic pendulum of mass
5kg suspended from a chord 1m long. Compute the vertical height through which the
pendulum rises. (ECE Board 11/99)
(Ans. 28.89 cm)

13. A force F, inclined at 30° with the horizontal moves an object horizontally a distance of
8m. Determine the work done if F=7.5x+0.4x2, where F is in Newtons and x is in meters.
(Ans. 267 J)
14. A force displacement relationship is defined by F𝛼 x1/2 and F has a value of 243N when
x=81m. Determine the work done as it moves an object from x=5 m to x=105 m.
(Ans. 19 165.5 J)

15. A wooden spherical ball with specific gravity of 0.42 and a diameter of 30 cm is dropped
from a height of 4.2 m above the surface of the water in a pool. If the ball barely touches
the bottom of the pool, what is the water level in the pool at that point? (EE Board
4/1995)
(Ans. 3 m)
16. An elevator can lift a load of 5000 N from ground level to a height of 20 meters in 10
seconds. What horsepower can the elevator develop? (ECE Board 11/91)
(Ans. 13.4hp)

17. If a 600 N student climbed a 4 m flight of stairs in 8 sec, what horsepower did that
student generate? (ME Board 4/2002)
(Ans. 0.4 hp)

18. If a car produces 21 kW when moving with a velocity of 60 km/hr. Determine a) the
resisting force; b) the power if the resisting force is proportional to the velocity cubed and
the automobile travels at 80 km/hr.
(Ans. 1.26 kN; 66.38 kW)
19. The torque of an engine is found to be 142.5 N∙m. Calculate the engine speed in rpm if it
delivers 5 kW of power.
(Ans. 335 rpm)

20. Determine the required power for a 1200-kg car to accelerate from rest to 72km/hr in 12
seconds.
(Ans. 20 kW)

21. A 1600-kg SUV is stopped at a traffic light proceeding in a direction up a 15 degree hill.
If the length of the road is 300 m, determine the minimum power required for the SUV to
accelerate uniformly from rest to 60 km/hr in this distance.
(Ans. 40 kW)
22. A project engineer notices the site of a former sawmill along a river. Ruins of the original
dam used as a hydropower source is still visible. The engineer decides to make some
measurements to determine the maximum power that can be generated if the site were
rehabilitated, the stream flow is found to be 25 m3/s and the change in elevation is 4.87
m. Determine the maximum power that could be produced.
(Ans. 1194 kW)

23. A 3-kg block, initially at rest is dropped from a height of 0.5 m onto a spring whose scale
is 2940 N/m. Find the maximum distance x that the spring will be compressed. Assume
g=9.8 m/s2.
(Ans. 0.11 m)
24. A 1.5-m diameter spherical balloon containing air at 215 kPa is cooled such that the
volume is reduced by 20%. For the process, the pressure is proportional to the square of
the sphere diameter, is there any work done by the surroundings in this case?
(Ans. -72 kJ)

25. A closed system containing a gas undergoes a reversible compression process in which
the internal energy decreases 17.25 kJ and the volume changes from 140L to 55L. The
pressure is constant at 150 kPa. Determine a) the heat transferred; b) the work done.
(Ans. -30 kJ; -12.75 kJ)

26. A 25-cm cube of ice at 0°C melts in a region where the barometric pressure is 759
mmHg. The density of liquid water at 0°C is 0.998 gm/cm3 and that of ice is 0.914
gm/cm3. Is there any work done on the ice by the surroundings?
(Ans. -133 J)
27. A system undergoes a reversible non-flow process where 𝜌=(20V+690) kPaa. If the work
is -150 kJ and V1=850L, find V2.
(Ans. 637L)

28. 1.5 kg of a gas expands in a closed system from 6.5 kPa and 50L to 100L. Determine
the work done for the following pressure distributions: a) pV=C; b) pV2=C; c) p/V=C; d)
p/V2=C, where V is in cubic meters and p is in kilopascals
(Ans. 0.225; 0.1625; 0.4875; 0.7583 kJ)
29. A gas contained in a piston-cylinder has the following initial properties: 3000 kPa, 0.03
m3. The gas is compressed during a process where pV1.4=C to a pressure of 9000 kPa.
The heat transfer from the gas is 3 kJ. Determine the change in internal energy, neglect
changes in kinetic and potential energies.
(Ans. 80 kJ)