An open cylindrical tank 350 mm in diameter and 1.8 m high is inserted vertically into a body of water with open end down and floats with a 1300 N block of concrete (SG = 2.4) suspended at its lower end. Neglecting the weight of the cylinder, determine the Buoyant force on the concrete, and the depth of water that in the cylinder? What are the pressures inside the cylinder before and after inserting in water? Required: buoyant force of concrete in N * height displaced in centimeters * Pressure before inserting in water, in Pascals * Pressure after inserting in water, in Pascals *
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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.
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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.
An open cylindrical tank 350 mm in diameter and 1.8 m high is inserted vertically into a body of water with open end down and floats with a 1300 N block of concrete (SG = 2.4) suspended at its lower end. Neglecting the weight of the cylinder, determine the Buoyant force on the concrete, and the depth of water that in the cylinder? What are the pressures inside the cylinder before and after inserting in water?
Required:
buoyant force of concrete in N *
height displaced in centimeters *
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