
A hydraulic automobile lift is designed to lift cars with a maximum mass of . The area of cross-section of the piston carrying the load is . What maximum pressure would the smaller piston have to bear?

Important Questions on Mechanical Properties of Fluids


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

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_____



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 cylindrical block of wood (density = ), of base area and height , floats in a liquid of density . The block is depressed slightly and then released. The time period of the resulting oscillations of the block would be equal to that of a simple pendulum of length (nearly) :


[Take surface tension of water , angle of contact and density of water


Two liquids of densities and are filled up behind a square wall of side as shown in figure. Each liquid has a height of The ratio of the forces due to these liquids exerted on upper part to that at the lower part is (Assume that the liquids are not mixing):







A cylindrical vessel containing a liquid is rotated about its axis so that the liquid rises at its sides as shown in the figure. The radius of vessel is and the angular speed of rotation is . The difference in the height, of liquid at the Centre of vessel and at the sides of the vessel will be :

