CENG 197 - CE Competency Appraisal II Problem Set 3b Fluid Statics 2 - Hydrostatic Forces On Plane and Curved Surfaces

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CENG 197 – CE Competency Appraisal II

Problem Set 3b
Fluid Statics 2 - Hydrostatic Forces on Plane and Curved Surfaces

1. The bin is 1.5 m wide and is filled with water to the level shown. Determine the resultant force on the side
and on the bottom .
2. The bin is 2 wide and is filled with oil to the depth shown. Determine the resultant force acting on the
inclined side . Take = 900 / .
3. The 2 − container is filled with water to the depth shown. Determine the resultant force on the side panels
and . How far does each resultant act from the surface of the water?
4. Determine the resultant force of the water acting on the circular glass plate that is bolted to the side panel
of the tank. Also, determine the location of the center of pressure along this inclined side, measure from
the top.
5. The tank is filled with water and kerosene to the depths shown. Determine the total resultant force the
liquids exert on side of the tank. The tank has a width of 2 . Take = 1 000 / , = 814 / .
6. . The 0.5 − inclined plate holds water in a tank. Determine the horizontal and vertical components of force
and the moment that the fixed support at exerts on the plate.
7. Determine the resultant force the oil exerts on the semicircular surface . The tank has a width of 3
.
Take = 900 /
8. Determine the resultant force the water exerts on side and on side of the inclined wall. The wall is 0.75
wide.
9. Determine the horizontal and vertical components of the resultant force the water exerts on plate and on
plate . The width of each plate is 1.5 .
10. The plate is 2 wide. Determine the angle so that the normal reaction at is zero. The plate is supported by
a pin at .
11. Consider a 8 − , 8 − , and 2 − ℎ ℎ above ground swimming pool that is filled with water to the rim. (a)
Determine the hydrostatic force on each wall and the distance of the line of action of this force from the
ground. (b) If the height of the walls of the pool is doubled and the pool is filled, will the hydrostatic force
on each wall double or quadruple? Why?
12. 3-69 Consider a heavy car submerged in water in a lake with a flat bottom. The driver’s side door of the car
is 1.1 high and 0.9 wide, and the top edge of the door is 10 below the water surface. Determine the net
force acting on the door (normal to its surface) and the location of the pressure center if (a) the car is well-
sealed and it contains air at atmospheric pressure and (b) the car is filled with water.
13. 3-70 A room in the lower level of a cruise ship has a 40 − − circular window. If the midpoint of the window
is 2 below the water surface, determine the hydrostatic force acting on the window, and the pressure
center. Take the specific gravity of seawater to be 1.025.
14. 3-71 The water side of the wall of a 70 − − dam is a quarter circle with a radius of 7 . Determine the
hydrostatic force on the dam and its line of action when the dam is filled to the rim.
15. 3-72 A water trough of semicircular cross section of radius 0.6 consists of two symmetrical parts hinged
to each other at the bottom as shown below. The two parts are held together by a cable and turnbuckle
placed every 3 along the length of the trough. Calculate the tension in each cable when the trough is filled
to the rim.
16. 3-73 Determine the resultant force acting on the 0.7 − − ℎ ℎ and 0.7 − − triangular gate and its line of
action.
17. 3-76E The flow of water from a reservoir is controlled by a 5 − − L-shaped gate hinged at point
.
If it is desired that the gate open when the water height is 12 , determine the mass of the required weight
.
18. For a gate width of 2 into the paper, determine the force required to hold the gate at its
location.
19. A long, solid cylinder of radius 2 hinged at point is used as an automatic gate. When the water level reaches
12 , the cylindrical gate opens by turning about the hinge at point . Determine (a) the hydrostatic force
acting on the cylinder and its line of action when the gate opens and (b) the weight of the cylinder per ft
length of the cylinder.
20. An open settling tank shown in the figure contains a liquid suspension. Determine the resultant force acting
on the gate and its line of action if the liquid density is 850 / . The gate is parabolic as sketched, looking
straight at the gate.
21. The two side of a V-shaped water trough are hinged to each other at the bottom where they meet, making
an angle of 45° with the ground from both sides. Each side is 0.75 m wide, and two parts are held together
be a cable and turnbuckle placed every 6 m along the length of the trough. Calculate the tension in each
cable when the trough is filled to the rim.
22. A triangular-shaped gate is hinged at point . Knowing that the weight of the gate is 100 , determine the
force needed to keep the gate at its position for unit width. The line of action of the weight of the gate is
shown by the dashed line.
23. Gate (0.6 − × 0.9 − ) is located at the bottom of a tank filled with methyl alcohol ( = 0.79), and hinged
along its bottom edge . Knowing that the weight of the gate is 300 , determine the minimum force that must
be applied to the cable ( ) to open the gate.
25.
A 4 − − quarter-circular gate of radius 3 and negligible weight is hinged about its upper edge . The gate
controls the flow of water over the ledge at , where the gate is pressed by a spring. Determine the minimum
spring force required to keep the gate closed when the water level rises to at the upper edge of the gate.

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