Problems
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excavation. This foundation wall is 0.183 m away from the
front of the cellar hole. During a rainstorm, drainage from
the street fills up the space in front of the concrete wall,
but not the cellar behind the wall. The water does not soak
into the clay soil. Find the force the water causes on the
foundation wall. For comparison, the weight of the water is
given by 2.40 m " 9.60 m " 0.183 m " 1 000 kg/m
3
"
9.80 m/s
2
!
41.3 kN.
12. A swimming pool has dimensions 30.0 m " 10.0 m and a
flat bottom. When the pool is filled to a depth of 2.00 m
with fresh water, what is the force caused by the water on
the bottom? On each end? On each side?
13.
A sealed spherical shell of diameter d is rigidly attached to
a cart, which is moving horizontally with an acceleration a
as in Figure P14.13. The sphere is nearly filled with a fluid
having density $ and also contains one small bubble of air
at atmospheric pressure. Determine the pressure P at the
center of the sphere.
Section 14.3 Pressure Measurements
16. Figure P14.16 shows Superman attempting to drink water
through a very long straw. With his great strength he
achieves maximum possible suction. The walls of the tubu-
lar straw do not collapse. (a) Find the maximum height
through which he can lift the water. (b) What If? Still
thirsty, the Man of Steel repeats his attempt on the Moon,
which has no atmosphere. Find the difference between the
water levels inside and outside the straw.
a
Figure P14.13
Figure P14.16
Figure P14.14
2.00 m
2.00 m
1.00 m
h
P
0
Figure P14.17
14.
The tank in Figure P14.14 is filled with water 2.00 m deep.
At the bottom of one side wall is a rectangular hatch
1.00 m high and 2.00 m wide, which is hinged at the top of
the hatch. (a) Determine the force the water exerts on the
hatch. (b) Find the torque exerted by the water about the
hinges.
15.
Review problem. The Abbott of Aberbrothock paid to
have a bell moored to the Inchcape Rock to warn seamen
of the hazard. Assume the bell was 3.00 m in diameter, cast
from brass with a bulk modulus of 14.0 " 10
10
N/m
2
. The
pirate Ralph the Rover cut loose the warning bell and
threw it into the ocean. By how much did the diameter of
the bell decrease as it sank to a depth of 10.0 km? Years
later, Ralph drowned when his ship collided with the rock.
Note : The brass is compressed uniformly, so you may
model the bell as a sphere of diameter 3.00 m.
Blaise Pascal duplicated Torricelli’s barometer using
a red Bordeaux wine, of density 984 kg/m
3
, as the working
liquid (Fig. P14.17). What was the height h of the wine
17.