- 2073 Shrawan · 8 marks
Resultant force on curved surface ABCDE (S = 1.1)
Short answer
With γ = 10.79 kN/m³, horizontal force on 6 m vertical projection is 3884.8 kN; vertical force (water weight above) is 7584.3 kN. Resultant 8521 kN at 62.9° below horizontal.
Find the resultant pressure force on curved surface ABCDE due to liquid with specific gravity S = 1.1, take length of the curved surface (normal to the paper) as 20 m. [Figure: free surface at A; surface goes from A down to B (4 m horizontal), curved portions with 2 m marked near B-C and C-D, then straight to E on the ground; 4 m vertical and 4 m horizontal dimensions at the bottom]
The horizontal component of the force equals the force on the vertical projection of the surface; the vertical component equals the weight of liquid vertically above the surface up to the free surface.
Assumed geometry (the figure is not fully clear): A is at the free surface, AB is a vertical wall 4 m high, BC is a quarter circle of radius 2 m (concave upward), and CDE is a horizontal bed 4 m long at 6 m depth. , m, kN/m³.
A |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ free surface
|
| 4 m
B |
\ R = 2 m
'-.
C ------ D ------ E (depth 6 m)
|<---- 4 m ---->|
Horizontal component (vertical projection = 6 m, free surface to the bed):
Vertical component (area of liquid above the surface, per metre length):
- Above arc BC: the depth of the arc below the free surface is , so the area is a rectangle plus the quarter disc of area : m²
- Above bed CE: m²
Resultant
Answer: kN (8.52 MN), at to the horizontal; kN, kN (downward).
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