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Consider a hemispherical tank of radius R R containing a non-viscous liquid of Density ρ \rho . A small hole is formed at the bottom of the tank and the area of cross section of the hole is a a . If the liquid starts flowing from the hole at time t = 0 t = 0 and if at time t = T t = T the tank is empty then consider these two cases.

Now say in the 1st one in the picture,Time required is t 1 t_{1} and for the second case the time requires is t 2 t_{2} , and t 1 t 2 = a b \dfrac{t_{1}}{t_{2}}=\dfrac{a}{b} , find the value of a + b a+b .

Details and Assumptions

  • Take the containers to be fully filled at the initial case
  • Hole is quite small in comparison to the base area of the hemisphere.
  • gcd ( a , b ) = 1 \gcd(a,b)=1 and a a and b b are positive integers

Inspired from Fluids with a pinch of calculus!


The answer is 19.

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1 solution

Arjen Vreugdenhil
Dec 18, 2017

Conservation of energy 1 2 ρ v 2 = ρ g y \tfrac12\rho v^2 = \rho gy gives for the volume outflow rate of liquid d V d t = a v = a 2 g y . \frac{dV}{dt} = -av = -a \sqrt{2gy}. Since d V = A ( y ) d y dV = A(y)\:dy , where A ( y ) A(y) is the cross-sectional area at height y y , we have d t d y = A ( y ) d t d V = A ( y ) a 2 g y = k A ( y ) / π y \frac{dt}{dy} = A(y)\frac{dt}{dV} = -\frac{A(y)}{a\sqrt{2gy}} = -k\frac{A(y)/\pi}{\sqrt{y}} for a constant k k .

The cross-sectional areas at height y y for both containers is A 1 ( y ) / π = R 2 ( R y ) 2 = 2 R y y 2 ; A 2 ( y ) / π = R 2 y 2 . A_1(y)/\pi = R^2 - (R - y)^2 = 2Ry - y^2;\ \ \ A_2(y) /\pi = R^2 - y^2. Thus t 1 ( y ) = k ( 2 R y y y ) d y = t 1 , empty k ( 4 3 R y y 2 5 y 2 y ) ; t_1(y) = -k\int (2R\sqrt y - y\sqrt y)\:dy = t_{1,\text{empty}} - k (\tfrac43 Ry\sqrt y - \tfrac25 y^2\sqrt y); t 2 ( y ) = k ( R 2 / y y y ) d y = t 2 , empty k ( 2 R 2 y 2 5 y 2 y ) . t_2(y) = -k\int (R^2/\sqrt y - y\sqrt y)\:dy = t_{2,\text{empty}} - k (2 R^2\sqrt y - \tfrac25 y^2\sqrt y). Finally, setting t ( R ) = 0 t(R) = 0 , t 1 , empty = k ( 4 3 2 5 ) R 2 R ; t 2 , empty = k ( 2 2 5 ) R 2 R . t_{1,\text{empty}} = k (\tfrac43 - \tfrac 25)R^2\sqrt R;\ \ \ t_{2,\text{empty}} = k (2 - \tfrac 25)R^2\sqrt R. The desired traction is t 1 , empty t 2 , empty = 4 3 2 5 2 2 5 = 14 / 15 24 / 15 = 7 12 . \frac{t_{1,\text{empty}}}{t_{2,\text{empty}}} = \frac{\tfrac43 - \tfrac 25}{2 - \tfrac 25} = \frac{14/15}{24/15} = \frac{7}{12}. Therefore we submit the answer 7 + 12 = 19 7 + 12 = \boxed{19} .

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