| The depth of the centre of pressure on a vertical rectangular gate (4 m wide and 3 m high) with water up to top surface is |
A) 1.0 m
B) 1.5 m
C) 2.0 m
D) 2.5 m
| A vertical wall with width of 1 m and height 8 m is subjected to water pressure on one side up to top. Total pressure on the vertical fase of the wall would be : |
A) 8 t
B) 32 t
C) 16 t
D) 64 t
| One end of a two-dimensional water tank has the shape of a quadrant of a circle of radius 2.5 m. When the tank is full, the vertical component of the force per unit length on the curved surface will be (assume, density of water as 1000 kg/m3) |
A) 5133.8 kgf
B) 4906.3 kgf
C) 4674.5 kgf
D) 4103.4 kgf
| Kinematic viscosity is defined as equal to |
A) Dynamic viscosity * Pressure
B) Dynamic viscosity / density
C) Dynamic viscosity * density
D) Pressure * density
| Pascal’s law states that the pressure and intensity of pressure at a point in a static fluid is equal in |
A) one direction
B) opposite direction
C) all direction
D) None of the above
| When a vertical wall is subjected to a pressure due to liquid on both sides, the resultant pressure is the _____ of these two pressures. |
A) Sum
B) Difference
C) Arithmetic Mean
D) Geometric Mean
| The resultant hydrostatic force on a submerged body acts through a point known as |
A) Centre of pressure
B) Centre of gravity
C) Centre of buoyancy
D) Metacenter
| A vertical triangular gate has one side in a free surface, with vertex downwards, if the height of the gate is ‘h’, the depth of center of pressure is |
A) h/3
B) h/4
C) h/2
D) 2h/3
