A cylinder contains a fluid at a gauge pressure of 350 kN m–2. Express this pressure in terms of a head of (a) water (ρwater = 1000 kgm–3); and (b) mercury (relative density 13.6kgm-3). (c) What would be the absolute pressure in the cylinder if the atmospheric pressure is at 101.3 kNm–2?
Fluid Pressure
The term fluid pressure is coined as, the measurement of the force per unit area of a given surface of a closed container. It is a branch of physics that helps to study the properties of fluid under various conditions of force.
Gauge Pressure
Pressure is the physical force acting per unit area on a body; the applied force is perpendicular to the surface of the object per unit area. The air around us at sea level exerts a pressure (atmospheric pressure) of about 14.7 psi but this doesn’t seem to bother anyone as the bodily fluids are constantly pushing outwards with the same force but if one swims down into the ocean a few feet below the surface one can notice the difference, there is increased pressure on the eardrum, this is due to an increase in hydrostatic pressure.
A cylinder contains a fluid at a gauge pressure of 350 kN m–2. Express this pressure in terms of a head of (a) water (ρwater = 1000 kgm–3); and
(b) mercury (relative density 13.6kgm-3).
(c) What would be the absolute pressure in the cylinder if the atmospheric pressure is at 101.3 kNm–2?
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