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HYDROSTATIC FORCE ON A PLANE SURFACE
EXAMPLE
PROBLEM STATEMENT
Consider the rectangular gate AB (width: b; length: L) submerged in a fluid of density .
- What is the resultant hydrostatic force
R
F acting on the gate?
- What is the location of the center of pressure?
CALCULATION OF THE RESULTANT PRESSURE FORCE
Step 1: Pressure distribution in the fluid (and selection of a coordinate system)
AME 30331 section 01 Fall 13 handout 2.4
Step 2: Integration over the surface.
AME 30331 section 01 Fall 13 handout 2.4
CALCULATION OF THE CENTER OF PRESSURE COORDINATES
Step 1: Selection of an origin for the calculation of all moments.
Step 2: Moment exerted by the resultant pressure force
R
F
AME 30331 section 01 Fall 13 handout 2.4
Step 3: Moment resulting from all the moments produced by the infinitesimal forces dF , along
the surface of the gate.
AME 30331 section 01 Fall 13 handout 2.4
Step 4: Solve for
c
l by setting the equality
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