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QUESTION 5: HYDRAULICS
5.1.1. Force that must be applied to the lever to lift the load of 2 Mg if the efficiency of the lever has a slip of 20%.
Convert given values to SI units and calculate the load force.
Ram piston diameter
Plunger diameter
Mechanical advantage of the lever
Load mass
Acceleration due to gravity
Load forceCalculate the ideal mechanical advantage of the hydraulic jack.
The ideal mechanical advantage of the jack is the ratio of the ram area to the plunger area.
Calculate the total ideal mechanical advantage of the system (lever and jack).
Account for the efficiency due to slip.
A slip of 20% means the efficiency .
The actual mechanical advantage is .
The force applied to the lever (effort) is .The force that must be applied to the lever is approximately 30.40 N.
5.1.2. Number of strokes needed to lift the load by 180 mm if there is an efficiency of 95%.
Convert given values to SI units.
Load lift height
Plunger stroke length
EfficiencyCalculate the volume of fluid displaced by the ram and the plunger.
Volume lifted by ram
Volume displaced per plunger strokeCalculate the ideal number of strokes.
Account for the efficiency to find the actual number of strokes.
Since there is an efficiency of 95%, more strokes are needed.
Since the number of strokes must be a whole number, we round up.
The number of strokes needed is 170 strokes.5.2. A two-cylinder water pump is running at 120 r/min. The diameter of the plunger is 150 mm and the stroke length is 250 mm.
5.2.1. The volume of water delivered in l/s.
Convert given values to SI units.
Number of cylinders (assuming single-acting cylinders)
Running speed
Plunger diameter
Stroke lengthCalculate the area of the plunger.
Calculate the volume delivered per second.
For a two-cylinder single-acting pump, there are two delivery strokes per revolution.
Volume delivered per stroke
Volume delivered per secondConvert the volume to litres per second.
The volume of water delivered is approximately 17.67 l/s.
5.2.2. The pressure needed to pump the water through a height of 30 m.
Identify the given values.
Height
Density of water
Acceleration due to gravityCalculate the pressure using the hydrostatic pressure formula.
Convert the pressure to kilopascals.
The pressure needed is 294.3 kPa.
5.3. An irrigation system fills an empty circular dam with a diameter of 50 m and a height of 20 m with a pressure of 250 MPa. Determine the amount of work needed to fill the dam to capacity.
Identify the given values and calculate the volume of the dam.
Dam diameter
Dam height
Density of water
Acceleration due to gravity
The pressure of 250 MPa is the pump's capability and is not directly used to calculate the work done to fill the dam (potential energy).Volume of the dam
Calculate the mass of the water in the dam.
Determine the average height the water is lifted.
When filling an empty dam, the water is lifted from the bottom to an average height of half the dam's height.
Calculate the work needed to fill the dam (potential energy gained by the water).
The amount of work needed to fill the dam to capacity is approximately (or 3.85 GJ).
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