1.

A differential mercury manometer is used for measuring the pressure difference between
two pipes A and B. Pipe A is 500 mm above the pipe B and deflection in mercury manometer
is 200mm. Pressure intensity in pipe A is greater than pipe B. Pipes carry oil of specific
gravity 0.90. Find the pressure difference between the two pipes.
2. A U-Tube manometer is used to measure the pressure of water in a pipe line , which is in
excess of atmospheric pressure. The right limb of the manometer contains mercury and is
open to atmosphere. The contact between water and mercury is in the left limb. Determine
the pressure of water in the main line, if the difference in level of mercury in the limbs of U-
tube is 10cm and the free surface of mercury is in level with the centre of pipe. If the
pressure of water in pipe line is reduced to 9810 N/m 2, calculate the new difference in the
level of mercury. Sketch the arrangement in both cases.
3. Determine the pressure difference between points A and B, for the set up shown in figure

4. For the manometer shown in Fig. calculate the pressure difference between points M and
N(1.117Kpa)

5. Find the difference in the pressure at the the Figure.

6. Two pressure tanks are built one inside the other. The bourdon gauge M is connected to the
inner tank reads 20kpa. Another bourdon gauge N connected to the outer tank reads 35kPa.
 An aneroid barometer reads 750 mm of mercury. Calculate the absolute pressure recorded
at M and N in the mercury(1012.9mm, 1163.1mm)

7. The tank in figure is closed at top and contains air at a pressure pA. calculate the value of pA
for the manometer reading shown(-3.573kPa)

8. Determine the pressure difference(pM-pN) when the monomer indicates as

9. A single leg mercury monomer is often used to measure differential pressure through
reading of a single column only. A constant zero of the scale is adopted for all pressures.
What would be the diameter of the cistern if the indicated mercury column H is to be within
0.5% the true height corresponding to a pressure differential of (p2-p1)
If the ratio of the areas of cistern to that of the tuve is 1/500, what percentage error is
involved in the difference in pressure by reading only limb of height H?(14.142d, 0.2%)
10. Two points M and N of a pipeline carrying water lie in the same horizontal plane. The
pressure at M is 10Kpa(vaccum) and the pressure at N is 20kPa gage. If both M and N are
connected to a mercury differential manometer what would be the difference in the heights
of mercury columns in the two limbs.(24.34cm)
11. A single column vertical manometer is connected to a pipe containing oil of specific gravity
0.9. The area of the reservoir is 100times the area of the manometer tube. The reservoir
contains mercury of specific gravity 13.6. The level of mercury in the reservoir is at depth of
30 cm below the center fo the pipe. If the difference of mercury levels in the reservoir and
the right limb is 50cm, calculate the pressure in the pipe.
12. A manometer is made of a tube of uniform bore of 0.5 cm2 cross sectional area with one
limb vertical and other limb inclined at 30o to horizontal. Both of its limbs are open to
atmosphere. Initially it is partly filled with a manometer liquid of specific gravity 1.25. if now
an additional volume of 7.5 cm3 of water is poured into the inclined tube, calculate the rise
fo the meniscus in the vertical tube.
13. For the system shown in Fig. calculate the air pressure pA to make the pressure at N one
third of that at M. (Ans. pA = 0.2937 kPa)

14. For the system shown in figure. determine the pressures at A and B. Ans. pA = 626.6 Pa
(gauge), pB = – 4072.6 Pa (gauge))
15. If the pipe in Fig. 2.79 contains water and there is no flow, calculate the value of the
manometer reading h. Ans. h = 0
16. Two points M and N in a pipe system are connected a mercury differential manometer. The
connecting tube is filled with oil of relative density 0.85. The high pressure point M is 0.80 m
above point N. If the mercury column reading is 8 cm (as shown in the figure), what is the
pressure difference between M and N in (i) kPa and (ii) metres of water. (Ans. (i) (pM – pN) =
3.33 kPa; (ii) hw = 0.34 m)

17. A tube filled with mercury is placed in a bowl of mercury as in Fig. 2.81. The tube is closed at
point A and the other end is open. Calculate the absolute pressures at points A and B if the
atmospheric pressure is 95.48 kPa.

18. A certain fluid of specific gravity 0.8 flows upwards through a vertical pipe. A and B are two
points on the pipe, B being 0.3 m higher than A. A U-tube mercury manometer is connected
at points A and B. If the difference in pressure between A and B is 5 kPa, find the difference
in the heights of the mercury columns in the manometer. (Ans. h = 21.1 mm)
19. The mercury manometer of Fig. indicates a differential reading of 0.30 m when the pressure
in pipe A is 30-mm Hg vacuum. Determine the pressure in pipe B.(Ans:33962 Pa)

20. A piston having cross sectional area of 0.07 m 2 is located in a cylinder containing water as
shown in figure. An open U-tube manometer is connected to the cylinder as shown. For
h1=60mm and h=100mm, what is the value of the applied force, P, acting on the piston? The
weight of the piston is negligible. (ans: 892.71N)
21. The cylindrical tank with hemispherical ends shown in Fig. contains a volatile liquid and its
vapor. The liquid density is 800 kg/m3 , and its vapor density is negligible. The pressure in
the vapor is 120 kPa (abs) and the atmospheric pressure is 101 kPa (abs). Determine: (a) the
gage pressure reading on the pressure gage, and (b) the height, h, of the mercury,
manometer.(ans: 26.85kpa, 201mm)

22. A closed cylindrical tank filled with water has a hemispherical dome and is connected to an
inverted piping system as shown in Fig. . The liquid in the top part of the piping system has a
specific gravity of 0.8, and the remaining parts of the system are filled with water. If the
pressure gage reading at A is 60 kPa, determine (a) the pressure in pipe B, and (b) the
pressure head, in millimeters of mercury, at the top of the dome (point C).(Ans: 103.2kpa,
229.13mm)

23. Determine the new differential reading along the inclined leg of the mercury manometer of
Fig. , if the pressure in pipe A is decreased 10 kPa and the pressure in pipe B remains
unchanged. The fluid in A has a specific gravity of 0.9 and the fluid in B is water(Ans:
83.145mm)
24. The symmetric vee-shaped tube in Fig, P2.14 contains static water and air at 20°C. What is
the pressure of the air in the closed section at point B?(Ans: 92700)

25. Determine Δp between points A and B. All fluids are at 20°C.(Ans: 8900Pa)

26. both ends of the manometer are open to the atmosphere. Estimate the specific gravity of
fluid X.
(Ans 1.45mm)
27. A block of wood (SG = 0.6) floats in fluid X such that 75% of its volume is submerged in fluid
X. Estimate the gage pressure of the air in the tank.(Ans: 3130 Pa- Vacuum)

28. For the system shown in the figure, determine the height h of the water in the left side.

29. To show the effect of manometer dimensions, consider the figure. The containers “a” and
“b” are cylindrical and are such that pa=pb as shown. Suppose the oil-water interface on the
right moves up a distance Δh<h. Derive a formula for the difference pa-pb when a) d<<<D
and b) d = 0.15D. what is the % difference?