Civil Engineering November 2020 Review Innovations Hydraulics 2

TOTAL HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE 1. A triangular gate with a horizontal base 1.2 m 4. Isosceles triangle gate AB is hinged at A and
long and an altitude of 1.8 m is inclined 45° weighs 1500 N. What horizontal force P is
A. PLANE SURFACE from the vertical with the vertex pointing required at point B for equilibrium?
upward. The hinged horizontal base of the (Ans. 18 kN)
Force: Location: gate is 2.7 m below the water surface.
a. Calculate the total force of water on
I the gate.
P  hA e
Ay b. How far is the said force from the
vertex measured along the gate?
c. What normal force must be applied
P = total hydrostatic pressure on plane area “A” at the vertex of the gate to open it?
subjected to liquid (kN)
e = distance of the center of pressure “cp” 2. A rectangular gate 1.5 m wide and 3 m high is
below the center of gravity “cg” along the vertically submerged in water with its top
body (m) edge horizontal and 0.6 m above the water
h = distance of the cg below the liquid surface surface.
a. Evaluate the total force acting on one
“l.s.”, on the vertical (m)
side of the gate.
y
= distance of the cg below the l.s. along the b. Obtain the location of the force from
body (m) the center of gravity of the gate. 5. A vertical plane area having the shape shown
I = moment of inertia of A with respect to its is immersed in an oil bath (specific weight =
3. For the given semi-circular gate shown,
centroidal axis (m4) 8.75 kN/m3). Determine the magnitude of the
a. Determine the force of oil on the
resultant force acting on one side of the area
gate.
as a result of the oil.
b. Locate the force from the bottom.
(Ans. 373.3 kN)
c. Determine the force of oil on the gate
if the pressure at the oil surface is -30
kPa.

30 kPa

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