A5 gallon, cylindrical open container with a bottom area of 120 in? is filled with glycerin (SG=1.26) and rests on the floor of an elevator. Notes: The density of water is 62.4 lbm / t. Useful conversion: 1 gal = 231 in3. The weight of the container is negligible. (a) What resultant force does the container exert of the floor of the elevator when the elevator is stopped. F= Ibf (b) Determine the fluid pressure at the bottom of the container when the elevator has an upward acceleration of 3.0 ft/s?. Pb = | Ibf / ft? (c) What is the resultant force when the elevator accelerates upwards at 3.0 ft/s?. F = |Ibf

A5 gallon, cylindrical open container with a bottom area of 120 in? is filled with glycerin (SG=1.26) and rests on the floor of an elevator. Notes: The density of water is 62.4 lbm / t. Useful conversion: 1 gal = 231 in3. The weight of the container is negligible. (a) What resultant force does the container exert of the floor of the elevator when the elevator is stopped. F= Ibf (b) Determine the fluid pressure at the bottom of the container when the elevator has an upward acceleration of 3.0 ft/s?. Pb = | Ibf / ft? (c) What is the resultant force when the elevator accelerates upwards at 3.0 ft/s?. F = |Ibf

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