Description : The point at which the resultant pressure on an immersed surface acts, is known as (A) Centre of gravity (B) Centre of depth (C) Centre of pressure (D) Centre of immersed surface
Last Answer : Answer: Option C
Description : Pick out the wrong statement: (A) The vacuum pressure is always the negative gauge pressure (B) The pressure of the liquid measured by a piezometer tube is the gauge pressure (C) Manometric ... point at which the resultant pressure on an immersed surface acts, is known as the centre of gravity
Last Answer : (D) The point at which the resultant pressure on an immersed surface acts, is known as the centre of gravity
Description : Resultant pressure of the liquid in the case of an immersed body acts through (A) Centre of gravity (B) Centre of pressure (C) Metacentre (D) Centre of buoyancy
Last Answer : Answer: Option B
Description : In an immersed body, centre of pressure is (A) At the centre of gravity (B) Above the centre of gravity (C) Below be centre of gravity (D) Could be above or below e.g. depending on density of body and liquid
Description : Centre of pressure in an immersed body is __________ the centre of gravity. (A) Above (B) Below (C) At (D) Either above or below; depends on the liquid density
Last Answer : (B) Below
Description : The total pressure on a horizontally immersed surface is (where w = Specific weight of the liquid, A = Area of the immersed surface, and x = Depth of the centre of gravity of the immersed surface from the liquid surface) (A) wA (B) wx (C) wAx (D) wA/x
Description : The depth of centre of pressure (h) for a vertically immersed surface from the liquid surface is given by (where IG = Moment of inertia of the immersed surface about horizontal axis through its centre of gravity, A = Area of immersed surface, ... (IG/ ) - (B) (IG/ ) - (C) ( /IG) + (D) (IG/ ) +
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : A vertically immersed surface is shown in the below figure. The distance of its centre of pressure from the water surface is (A) (bd²/12) + (B) (d²/12 ) + (C) b²/12 + (D) d²/12 +
Description : The centre of gravity of the volume of the liquid displaced by an immersed body is called (A) Centre of gravity (B) Centre of pressure (C) Metacentre (D) Centre of buoyancy
Description : Choose the wrong statement (A) Any weight, floating or immersed in a liquid, is acted upon by a buoyant force (B) Buoyant force is equal to the weight of the liquid displaced (C) The ... the center of buoyancy (D) Center of buoyancy is located above the center of gravity of the displaced liquid
Description : Total pressure on a lmxlm gate immersed vertically at a depth of 2 m below the free water surface will be (A) 1000 kg (B) 4000 kg (C) 2000 kg (D) 8000 kg
Last Answer : Answer: Option A
Description : A piece of metal of specific gravity 13.6 is placed in mercury of specific gravity 13.6, what fraction of it volume is under mercury? (A) The metal piece will simply float over the mercury (B ... will be immersed with its top surface just at mercury level (D) Metal piece will sink to the bottom
Description : The intensity of pressure on an immersed surface __________ with the increase in depth. (A) Does not change (B) Increases (C) Decreases (D) None of these
Description : Centre of pressure of a plane surface of arbitrary shape immersed vertically in a static mass of fluid (A) Lies above the centroid of the plane surface (B) Is independent of the specific weight of the fluid (C) Is different for different fluids (D) Is at the centroid of the plane surface
Last Answer : (B) Is independent of the specific weight of the fluid
Description : The location of centre of pressure, which defines the point of application of the total pressure force on the surface, can be calculated by applying the principle of moments according to which "sum of the moment of the resultant force about an ... liquid) (A) 1/(y/3) (B) 2y/3 (C) 1/(y/4) (D) 3y/4
Last Answer : (B) 2y/3
Description : The center of gravity of the volume of the liquid displaced by an immersed body is called (A) Metacentre (B) Center of pressure (C) Center of buoyancy (D) Center of gravity
Description : The point in the immersed body through which the resultant pressure of the liquid may be taken to act is known as (A) Meta center (B) Center of pressure (C) Center of buoyancy (D) Center of gravity
Description : A submerged body is said to be in a stable equilibrium, if its centre of gravity __________ the centre of buoyancy. (A) Coincides with (B) Lies below (C) Lies above (D) None of these
Description : 07. The line of action of the force of buoyancy acts through the centre of gravity of the volume of the liquid displaced. A) True B) False
Last Answer : A
Description : The line of action of the buoyant force acts through the (A) Centroid of the volume of fluid vertically above the body (B) Centre of the volume of floating body (C) Center of gravity of any submerged body (D) Centroid of the displaced volume of fluid
Description : surface lies at a distance equal to __________ the centre of gravity. (A) IG sin² / bellow (B) IG sin² / (C) IG sin / (D) IG sin /
Description : A soil mass coated with a thin layer of paraffin weighs 460 g. When immersed, it displaces 299 cc of water. The weight of paraffin is 10 g. If specific gravity of solids is 2.5 and that of paraffin 0.9, the void ratio of soil, is (A) 0.55 (B) 0.60 (C) 0.65 (D) 0.70
Description : 13. The centre of buoyancy is the centre of area of the immersed body. A) Correct B) Incorrec
Description : Hydrodynamic pressure due to earthquake acts at a height of (A) 3H/4 above the base (B) 3H/4 below the water surface (C) 4H/3 above the base (D) 4H below the water surface, where H is the depth of water.
Description : When a plate is immersed in a liquid parallel to the flow, it will be subjected to a pressure __________ that if the same plate is immersed perpendicular to the flow. (A) Less than (B) More than (C) Equal to (D) None of these
Description : 06. A body floating in a liquid is said to be not in equilibrium if its metacentre lies below its centre of gravity. A) Agree B) Disagree
Description : A body floating in a liquid is said to be in neutral equilibrium, if its metacentre (A) Coincides with its centre of gravity (B) Lies above its centre of gravity C) Lies below its centre of gravity (D) Lies between the centre of buoyancy and centre of gravity
Description : The weight of a body acts through the centre of – (1) gravity (2) mass (3) both (1) and (2) (4) buoyancy
Last Answer : (1) gravity Explanation: The centre of gravity of a collection of masses is the point where all the weight of the object can be considered to be concentrated. The entire weight acts through the center of ... to the surface of the Earth) the Centres of Gravity and Mass are in exactly the same place.
Description : The line of action of the buoyant force acts through the (A) Centroid of the displaced volume of fluid (B) Centre of gravity of a submerged body (C) Centroid of the volume of any floating body (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Centroid of the displaced volume of fluid
Description : The weight of a body acts through the centre of (1) gravity (2) mass (3) both (1) and (2) (4) buoyancy
Last Answer : gravity
Description : The distance between metacentre and __________ is called metacentric height. (A) Water surface (B) Centre of gravity (C) Centre of buoyancy (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) Centre of gravity
Description : A vertical wall is subjected to a pressure due to one kind of liquid, on one of its sides. The total pressure on the wall acts at a distance __________ from the liquid surface. (A) H/3 (B) H/2 (C) 2H/3 (D) 3H/4
Description : When a brick is immersed in water for 24 hours and then dried, if (A) No grey or white deposits appear on the surface, the brick is free from soluble salts (B) 10 percent surface is ... percent surface is covered with grey or white deposits, the brick has serious efflorescence (D) All the above
Description : When a body, floating in a liquid, is given a small angular displacement, it starts oscillating about a point known as (A) Centre of pressure (B) Centre of gravity (C) Centre of buoyancy (D) Metacentre
Description : When a piece of stone is immersed in water, it displaces water of equal – (1) Density (2) Specific gravity (3) Mass (4) Volume
Last Answer : (3) Mass Explanation: Archimedes' Principle states that upward buoyant force exerted on a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of the fluid the body displaces.
Description : When a piece of stone is immersed in water, it displaces water of equal (1) Density (2) Specific gravity (3) Mass (4) Volume
Last Answer : Mass
Description : 01. Whenever a plate is held immersed at some angle with the direction of flow of the liquid, it is subjected to some pressure. The component of this pressure, at right angles to the direction of flow of the liquid is known as lift. A) True B) False
Description : The resultant upward pressure of the fluid on an immersed body due to its tendency to uplift the submerged body is called (A) Up-thrust (B) Reaction (C) Buoyancy (D) Metacentre
Description : Whenever a plate is held immersed at some angle with the direction of flow of the liquid, it is subjected to some pressure. The component of this pressure, in the direction of flow of the liquid, is known as (A) Lift (B) Drag (C) Stagnation pressure (D) Bulk modulus
Description : The resultant upward pressure of the fluid on an immersed body is called (A) Up-thrust (B) Buoyancy (C) Center of pressure (D) All the above are correct
Description : A floating/submerged body is always stable, if its centre of gravity (A) Lies above its centre of buoyancy (B) And centre of buoyancy coincide (C) Lies below its centre of buoyancy (D) Lies above its metacentre
Last Answer : (C) Lies below its centre of buoyancy
Description : According to principle of transmissibility of forces, the effect of a force upon a body is (A) Maximum when it acts at the center of gravity of a body (B) Different at different points in its line of action ... at every point in its line of action (D) Minimum when it acts at the C.G. of the body
Last Answer : (C) The same at every point in its line of action
Description : The Bernoulli's equation is based on the assumption that (A) There is no loss of energy of the liquid flowing (B) The velocity of flow is uniform across any cross-section of the pipe (C) No force except gravity acts on the fluid (D) All of the above
Description : Back fill with a sloping surface exerts a total active pressure Pa on the wall of height H and acts at (A) H/4 above the base parallel to base (B) H/2 above the base parallel to base (C) H/3 above the base parallel to base (D) H/5 above the base parallel to base
Description : Total pressure on the vertical face of a retaining wall of height h acts parallel to free surface and from the base at a distance of (A) h/4 (B) h/3 (C) h/2 (D) 2h/3
Description : Choose the wrong statement (A) The horizontal component of the hydrostatic force on any surface is equal to the normal force on the vertical projection of the surface (B) The horizontal component ... above the area (D) The vertical component passes through the center of pressure of the volume
Description : The center of pressure of a surface subjected to fluid pressure is the point (A) On the surface at which resultant pressure acts (B) On the surface at which gravitational force acts (C) At which all hydraulic forces meet (D) Similar to metacentre
Description : For a body floating in a liquid the normal pressure exerted by the liquid acts at A) Bottom surface of the body (B) C.G. of the body (C) Metacentre (D) All points on the surface of the body
Description : Froude's number is the ratio of inertia force to (A) Pressure force (B) Elastic force (C) Gravity force (D) Surface tension force
Description : Metacentric height is the distance between the metacentre and (A) Water surface (B) Center of pressure (C) Center of gravity (D) Center of buoyancy