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1. A new submarine can safely resist an external pressure of 1200 psig. How deep in the ocean can it safely
dive?
2. The tank in the Fig. contains gasoline (SG=0.81) and water. What is the absolute pressure at the bottom?
Sketch the curve of gauge pressure versus depth for this tank.
18
16
14
12
Pressure, psig
10
6
20 ft
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0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
Depth, m
3. A cylindrical oil-storage tank (D = 120 ft) has a vent to the atmosphere to allow air to move in or out as
the tank is filled or emptied. This vent is plugged by snow in a blizzard while the oil is being pumped
out of the tank, and the gauge pressure in the tank falls to -1 psig ( = 1 psi vacuum). What is the net
force on the roof of the tank?
or
7.237 x106 N acting downward on the roof
4. Hoover Dam is approximately 230 m high and 76 m wide at the top. Consider it to be a rectangle (only
approximately true). When the water is up to the top, what is the pressure at the bottom? What is the
net force tending to move the dam?
2
F PdA ghdA gw hdh gw h
2
F = (1000 kg/m )(9.81 m/s )(76 m)(230 m2)/2=1.972 x1010 N=4.4375 x109 lbf
3 2 2
5. We want to select a pipe with an inside diameter of 1 ft that will withstand an internal pressure of 1000
psig. The steel to be used has a maximum allowable tensile stress of 40,000 psi but, to allow for a
safety factor of 4, we design for a maximum stress of 10,000 psi. How thick must the pipe walls be?
6.
pD (1000 psi )(1 ft )(12 in / ft )
t 0.6 in 0.0152 m
2 tensile 2(10000 psi )
7. An oil well is 10,000 ft deep. The pressure of the oil at the bottom is equal to the pressure of a column
of seawater 10,000 ft deep. (This is typical of oil fields; most of them, at the time of discovery, have
about the pressure of a hydrostatic column of seawater (SG=1.05) of equal depth; there are exceptions.)
The density of the oil is 55 lbm / ft 3. What is the gauge pressure of the oil at the wellhead (at the
surface)?
(a) p=ρgh= ρg(h1+h2)=(1.93)(1000 kg/m3)(9.81 m/s2)(44+8 in)( 0.0254 m/in)=2.501 x103 pa=3.63 psig