
A healthy adult of height has an average blood pressure (BP) of of . The heart is typically at a height of from the foot. Take, the density of blood to be and note that of is equivalent to (kilo pascals). The ratio of BP in the foot region to that in the head region is close to

Important Questions on Mechanics of Solids and Fluids
Water stands upto height behind the dam as shown in the figure. The front view of the dam gate is also shown in the adjoining figure. Density of water is and acceleration due to gravity is . If atmospheric pressure force is also considered, the point of application of total force acting on the dam due to water above is_____

A barometer is constructed using a liquid (density ). What would be the height of the liquid column, when a mercury barometer reads
(density of mercury )













Let and be the pressures exerted by the water on the wall , base , and the wall , respectively. The density of water is, and, is the acceleration due to gravity. Then, approximately

The liquid shown in the figure in the two arms is mercury (specific gravity ) and water. If the difference of heights of the mercury column is , the height of the water column is



A spherical marble of radius is stuck in a circular hole of radius slightly smaller than its own radius (for calculation purpose, both can be taken same) at the bottom of a bucket of height and filled with water up to . If the mass of the marble is , the net force on the marble due to water is close to


An open-ended U-tube of uniform cross-sectional area contains water (density ). Initially the water level stands at from the bottom in each arm. Kerosene oil (a water-immiscible liquid) of density is added to the left arm until its length is , as shown in the schematic figure below. The ratio of the heights of the liquid in the two arms is

A cylindrical vessel of base radius and height has a narrow neck of height and radius at one end (see figure). The vessel is filled with water (density ) and its neck is filled with immiscible oil (density ). Then the pressure at;


