HOOVER DAM

EXAMPLE 1

Consider a 4-m-long, 4-m-wide, and 1.5-m-high

aboveground swimming pool that is filled with
water to the rim. Determine the hydrostatic
force on each wall and the distance of the line of
action of this force from the ground.
ANSWER
LOCATION OF CENTRE OF PRESSURE.
 EXAMPLE 2

A room in the lower level of a cruise ship has a

30-cm-diameter circular window. If the midpoint of
the window is 4 m below the water surface,
determine the hydrostatic force acting on the window,
and the pressure centre.
Take the specific gravity of seawater to be 1.025.

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