Question: Consider a U - tube manometer containing mercury which is attached to a pressurized tank containing air, oil, and water. The headspace is 1 meter

Consider a U-tube manometer containing mercury which is attached to a pressurized tank containing air, oil, and water. The headspace is 1 meter thick and contains air at a pressure of 30 kilopascals (kPa). The oil layer is 3 meters thick and the specific gravity of the oil is s.g.oil =0.82. The water layer is 2 meters thick.
a) Determine the pressure at the oil-water interface in kilopascals ( kPa. Be sure to consider the effect of the air pressure in the headspace.
b) Determine the pressure at the bottom of the tank in kPa. Be sure to consider the effects of the air pressure in the headspace and the oil layer.
c) If the dimensions of the bottom of the tank are 4 meters wide and 4 meters long, determine the force acting on the bottom of the tank in kilonewtons (kN).
d) Determine the pressure at location A in the manometer in kPa.
e) Find the depth of mercury y in meters in the U-tube manometer above location B(i.e., height y in the U-tube manometer). The specific gravity of the mercury is s.g*Hg=13.6.
Consider a U - tube manometer containing mercury

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