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CE 343L – FLUID MECHANICS – 3RD EXAM

FIRST EXAMINATION
INSTRUCTIONS:
a. Write your solutions and answers on the examination booklet.
b. No borrowing of calculator.
c. CHEATING IS PROHIBITED! Mind your own paper. Any act of cheating (using of cellular phones, books, and lecture materials
during examination, copying answers from your seatmate, etc.) will result to failure of examination.
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Problem Solving. [5 pts each]

1. A metal part (object 2) is hanging by a thin cord from a floating wood block (object 1). The wood block has
a specific gravity of 0.3 and dimensions of 50 x 50 x 10 mm. The metal part has a volume of 6600 mm 3.
Find the (a) mass of the metal part in grams and (b) the tension T in the cord in Newtons. Unit weight of
water at 15°C is 9800 N/m3.

2. An object having a specific gravity of 0.60 floats in a liquid having a specific gravity of 0.8. (a) What is the
percentage of the volume below the liquid surface to the total volume of the body? (b) What vertical load
may be applied to the object that will cause it to submerge completely?

3. A block of wood 0.6 m by 0.6 m x h meters in dimension was thrown into the water and floats with 0.18 m
projecting above the water surface. The same block was thrown into the container of a liquid having a
specific gravity of 0.9 and it floats with 0.14 m above the surface. (a) Determine h. (b) Determine the
weight of block.

4. A solid wood cylinder of specific gravity 0.6 is 600 mm in diameter and 1200 mm high. If placed vertically
in oil (s= 0.85) would it be stable?

5. A 5 cm x 12 cm 6 m long wooden plank is required to stand vertically in the water with its top 15 cm above
the water line. This is attained by attaching 1.00 cm thick steel plates to each wider side of the plank at the
submerged bottom. The weight of wood is 502 kg per cubic meter and water density is 1002 kg per cubic
meter. Weight of steel is 7870 kg per cu.m.

a. Compute the exact weight of steel plates needed.

b. Compute the total weight of the wood and steel plate.

6. A 600 mm diameter steel pipe, 10 mm thick carries a water under a head of 325 m. Compute the
longitudinal stress on the pipe.