Differential Equations 3 Question 11
11. A hemispherical tank of radius is initially full of water and has an outlet of cross-sectional area at the bottom. The outlet is opened at some instant. The flow through the outlet is according to the law , where and are respectively the velocity of the flow through the outlet and the height of water level above the outlet at time and is the acceleration due to gravity. Find the time it takes to empty the tank.
(2001, 10M)
Hint Form a differential equation by relating the decreases of water level to the outflow.
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Answer:
Correct Answer: 11.
Solution:
- Let
be the centre of hemispherical tank. Let at any instant , water level be and at , water level is . Let .
Also,
Now, outflow rate
Where,
Thus, volume flowing out in time
We have,
Let the time taken to empty the tank be
Then,
Let