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The length of a tainter gate is 1m perpendicular to the plane of the paper. Find out the total horizontal force on the gate and the total hydrostatic force on the gate. |
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Horizontal hydrostatic force on the tainter gate where projected area A = 3×1 = 3 m2. |
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Fig. Ex9 |
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The vertical force is equal to the weight of water displaced by the shaded area. The area of the shaded portion- The resultant force, Answer: 46.95 KN and q = |
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