2.53 Panel ABC in the slanted side of a water tank (shown at right) is an isoceles triangle with vertex at A and base BC = 2m. Find the water force on the panel and its line of action. Solution: (a) The centroid of ABC is 2/3 of the depth down, or 8/3 m from the surface. The panel area is (1/2)(2 m)(5 m) = 5 m?, The water force is Fyge = 7H eg A panes = (9790)(2.67 m)(5 m)=131,000N Ans. (a) (b) The moment of inertia of ABC is (1/36)(2 m)(5 m)* = 6.94 m*. From Eq. (2.44), Yep = Ly Sit (be gApunat) = ~6.94 sin (53°)/[2.67(5)]=—0.417 m_— Ans. (b) The centroid is 5(2/3) = 3.33 m down from A along the panel. The center of pressure is thus (3.33+0.417) = 3.75 m down from A, or 1.25 mup from BC.2.58 In Fig. P2.58, weightless cover gate AB closes a circular opening 80 cm in diameter when weighed down by the 200-kg mass shown. What water level / will dislodge the gate? Solution: The centroidal depth is exactly i ~ le bap te Fig. P2.58 equal to h and force F will be upward on the gate. Dislodging occurs when F equals the weight: F = 7hogA gue = (9790 Nim?) n=O 8 m)° = W =(200)(9.81) N Solve for h=0.40m Ans.2.63 The tank in Fig, P2.63 has a 4-cm- diameter plug which will pop out if the hydrostatic force on it reaches 25 N. For 20°C fluids, what will be the reading fr on the manometer when this happens? Solution: ‘The water depth when the plug Se ug, pops out is LE ee QD o~4 em (0.047 Mercury 4 Fig. P2.63 F=25N=yhogA=(9790)hog or heg = 2.032 m It makes little numerical difference, but the mercury-water interface is a little deeper than this, by the amount (0.02 sin 50°) of plug-depth, plus 2 cm of tube length. Thus Pau +(9790)(2.032 + 0.02 sin 50° + 0.02)—(133100)h = Pay. or: hs 0.152m_ Ans.