Pascal’s Law

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Pascal’s Law: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Pascal's Law, Hydraulic Lift, Braking System of Vehicles, Hydrostatic Paradox, and Mechanical Advantage of Hydraulic Lift.

Important Questions on Pascal’s Law

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The area of cross-section of the wider tube shown in figure is 800 cm2. If a mass of 12 kg is placed on the massless piston, the difference in heights h in the level of water in the two tubes is

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For the system shown in the figure, the cylinder on the left at L has a mass of 600 kg and cross-sectional area of 800 cm2. The piston on the right, at S, has cross-sectional area 25 cm2 and negligible weight. If the apparatus is filled with oilρ=0.75gm cm-3. Find the force F required to hold the system in equilibrium

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Mechanical advantage of a hydraulic lift is directly proportional to the:

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In a hydraulic lift, to increase the mechanical advantage:

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Which of the following work on the Pascal's principle?

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Hydraulic brakes works on the principle of

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The mechanical advantage of a hydraulic lift is directly proportional to

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Hydraulic brakes works on the principle of

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The mechanical advantage of a hydraulic lift is directly proportional to

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A hydraulic lift can lift a maximum load of 3000 kg wt.  The area of cross section of the piston carrying the load is 4.25×10-2 m2. The maximum pressure the smaller piston would have to bear is

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A hydraulic lift has a smaller piston with an area A1, and a larger piston with an area A2. The mechanical advantage of the hydraulic lift can be increased by:

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In which of the following cases, Pascal's law is used.

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What principle is used in braking system in a vehicle?

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Consider three vessels of same base area A filled with a liquid to the same height has shown in the figure. Which of the following statement is not true?

 

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Two syringes of different cross-section (without needle) filled with water are connected with a tightly fitted rubber tube filled with water. Diameters of the smaller piston and larger piston are 1 cm and 3 cm respectively. If a force of 10 N is applied to the smaller piston then the force exerted on the larger piston is

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If two bubbles of different radii are connected by a tube, then

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A hydraulic automobile lift has input and output pistons with diameters of 10 cm and 30 cm. The lift is used to hold up a car with a weight of 1.44×104 N. What pressure is applied on the input piston?

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A hydraulic lift is designed to life cars of maximum mass of 3000 kg. The area of cross-section of the piston carrying the load is4.25×10-12 m2. What maximum pressure the smaller piston have to bear?

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Radius of one arm of hydraulic lift is four times of radius of other arm. What force should be applied on narrow arm to lift 100 kg?

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The neck and bottom of a bottle are 3 cm and 15 cm in radius respectively. If the cork is pressed with a force 12 N in the neck of the bottle, then force exerted on the bottom of the bottle is