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After completing this chapter, you should be able to
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| 1. Define and apply the concepts of fluid pressure and buoyant force to the solution of physical problems similar to examples in the text. |
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| 2. Write and illustrate with drawings your understanding of the four basic principles of fluid pressure as summarized in Section 15.3. |
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| 3. Define absolute pressure, gauge pressure, and atmospheric pressure and demonstrate by examples your understanding of the relationships between these terms. |
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| 4. Write and apply formulas for calculating the mechanical advantage of a hydraulic press in terms of input and output forces or areas. |
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| 5. Define the rate of flow of a fluid and solve problems that relate the rate of flow to the velocity and cross-sectional area. |
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| 6. Write Bernoulli's equation in its general form and describe the equation as it would apply to (a) a fluid at rest, (b) fluid flow at constant pressure, and (c) flow through a horizontal pipe. |
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| 7. Apply Bernoulli's equation to the solution of problems involving absolute pressure P, density r, fluid elevation h, and fluid velocity v. |