Fluid Pressure
The term fluid pressure is coined as, the measurement of the force per unit area of a given surface of a closed container. It is a branch of physics that helps to study the properties of fluid under various conditions of force.
Gauge Pressure
Pressure is the physical force acting per unit area on a body; the applied force is perpendicular to the surface of the object per unit area. The air around us at sea level exerts a pressure (atmospheric pressure) of about 14.7 psi but this doesn’t seem to bother anyone as the bodily fluids are constantly pushing outwards with the same force but if one swims down into the ocean a few feet below the surface one can notice the difference, there is increased pressure on the eardrum, this is due to an increase in hydrostatic pressure.
![1. If the relative density of gasoline is 0.70, determine the pressure in the gasoline storage
tank with a depth of 8.0 m.
2. Determine the mass of air in a room with a length of 14 m, width of 12 m, and heig ht
3.5 m if the density of air is 1.26 kg/m'
3. A sample of an unknown material weighs 300 N in air and 200 N when submerged in an
alcohol solution with a density of 0.70 x 10 kg/m'. What is the density of the materia?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fa5a9ae00-4138-462e-a11a-8d26892cf0b5%2Fbbe51483-22f3-4fdb-a5fe-38deab17ae75%2F9iwzlsh_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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