- 2075 Chaitra · 8 marks
Upward force on rotating drum top
Short answer
Integrating pressure p = ρgh + ½ρω²r² over the annulus from pipe radius to drum radius yields an upward force of 13 265 N ≈ 13.3 kN.
A pipe 25 mm in diameter is connected to the centre of the top of a drum 0.5 m in diameter, the cylindrical axis of the pipe and the drum being vertical. Water is poured into the drum through the pipe until the water level stands in the pipe 0.6 m above the top of the drum. If the drum and pipe are now rotated about their vertical axis at 600 rev/min what will be the upward force exerted on the top of the drum.
Data: drum radius m, pipe diameter 25 mm so m, water level in the pipe m above the drum top, rpm so rad/s, .
| | <- water, 0.6 m above top
| |
____| |____ drum top
| |
| water | 0.5 m dia
|_____________|
The drum is full and the free surface lies in the pipe on the axis, so on the underside of the drum top (gauge pressure) at radius :
The upward force on the top (annulus from to ):
Static part:
Rotational part:
Answer: upward force on the drum top kN (13.27 kN if the small pipe area is ignored). Rotation contributes about 91 % of it.
✓ Answer checked by Claude Opus 5.5 (high effort)
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