The specific weight is also known as weight density.

Related MCQs

• The ratio of specific weight of a liquid to the specific weight of pure water at a standard temperature is called
• The ratio of specific weight of a liquid to the specific weight of pure water at a standard temperature is called
• The specific gravity of an oil whose specific weight is 7.85 kN / m3, is
• The density of a liquid in kg / m3 is numerically equal to its specific gravity.
• A piece of wood having weight 5 kg floats in water with 60% of its volume under the liquid. The specific gravity of wood is
• The power transmitted through a pipe is (where w = Specific weight in N/m3, and Q = Discharge in m3/s)
• The specific weight of sea water is __________ that of pure water.
• The total pressure on a horizontally immersed surface is (where w = Specific weight of the liquid, A = Area of the immersed surface, and x = Depth of the centre of gravity of the immersed surface from the liquid surface)
• The pressure intensity in kN/m2 (or kPa) at any point in a liquid is (where w = Specific weight of liquid, and h = Depth of liquid from the surface)
• A vertical wall is subjected to a pressure due to one kind of liquid, on one of its sides. The total pressure on the wall per unit length is (where w = Specific weight of liquid, and H = Height of liquid)