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Fluid Pressure

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FLUID PRESSURE

PRESSURE (p) is defined as force per unit area


𝑭 (𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎)
𝑝=
𝑨 ( 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑑)

FORCE ON SUBMERGED PLANE AREA

Consider a flat plate with area A that is submerged vertically


in a fluid (or liquid) so that its surface is parallel to the surface
of the fluid. A pertinent fact in hydrostatics is that the force F
due to the pressure of the fluid above this plate is

𝐹 = 𝛾ℎA
where 𝛾 is the unit weight of the liquid and ℎ is the vertical
distance of the centroid of the submerged plate.

By the fundamental theorem

𝐹 = 𝛾 න ℎ𝑑𝐴
Find the hydrostatic force on one face of the rectangle submerged in
water as shown in the figure. Specific weight 𝛾 of water = 62.5 pounds per
cubic feet

𝐹 = 𝛾ℎA 𝐹 = 𝛾ℎA
𝐹 = (62.5)(5)(90)
𝐹 = (62.5)(1)(16)

𝐹 = 1000 𝑙𝑏 𝐹 = 28,125 𝑙𝑏
A plate in the form of an isosceles triangle of base 6 ft and altitude 4 ft is
submerged vertically in water. Find the hydeostatic force on one side of
the plate if the base is parallel to and 3 ft below the surface of the water.

Second solution

4
𝐹 = 𝛾 න 7 − 𝑦 2𝑥𝑑𝑦
0
By similar triangles, we get
𝑥 3
=
𝑦 4

3𝑦
First solution 𝑥=
4
ത
𝐹 = 𝛾ℎ𝐴
3𝛾 4
4 1
𝐹 = 𝛾 3 + 3 [2 (6)(4)] 𝐹= න 7𝑦 − 𝑦 2 𝑑𝑦
2 0
𝐹 = 52 𝛾
𝐹 = 52 𝛾
Third solution

Water surface

7
𝐹 = 𝛾 න 𝑦2𝑥𝑑𝑦 3𝛾 7
𝐹= න (7𝑦 − 𝑦 2 )𝑑𝑦
3 2 3

By similar triangles, we get 𝐹 = 52𝛾


𝑥 3
=
7−𝑦 4
3
𝑥 = (7 − 𝑦)
4
A plate in the form of a parabolic segment of base 12 ft a height of 4 ft is
submerged in water so that its base is at the surface of the liquid. Find the
hydrostatic force on the face of the plate.

4
𝐹 = 𝛾 න 4 − 𝑦 2𝑥 𝑑𝑦
0

4
𝐹 = 6𝛾 න 4 − 𝑦 𝑦𝑑𝑦
0
𝑦 = 𝑎(𝑥 − ℎ)2 +𝑘
ℎ, 𝑘 − 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑥 256
𝐹= 𝛾
𝑥, 𝑦 − 𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑙𝑎 5

4 = 𝑎(6 − 0)2 +0
1
𝑎=
9
1
𝑦 = 𝑥2 ; 𝑥=3 𝑦
9
ഥ
𝑭 = 𝜸𝒉𝑨 𝑀𝑥 384Τ5
𝑦ത = =
4 𝐴 32
𝐴 = න 2𝑥𝑑𝑦
0 12
4 𝑦ത =
5
𝐴 = 6න 𝑦𝑑𝑦
12
0 ℎത = 4 −
5
𝐴 = 32
8
4 ℎത =
𝑀𝑥 = න 2𝑥𝑦𝑑𝑦 5
0 8
𝐹 = 𝛾(5)(32)
4
𝑀𝑥 = 6 න 𝑦 3Τ2 𝑑𝑦
0 256
𝐹= 𝛾
384 5
𝑀𝑥 =
5

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