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TUTORIAL 4
HYDROSTATIC FORCES
1. Find the total pressure force exerted on one side of the plate and the position of centre of pressure
with respect to the plate centroid, if the plate is (a) square 1.8 m x 1.8 m. (b) circular with diameter
1.8 m. For each case, the plate is vertically submerged in the water and its centroid lies at a depth of
1.2 m from the free surface of water. [ Ans: (a) 38.1 kN, 1.425 m (b) 29.9 kN , 1.368 m ]
20 N
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4. A room in the lower level of a cruise ship has a 30-cm-diameter circular window. If the midpoint of
the window is 5 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. [3554 N; 5.001 m]
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6. Find the total pressure
force and the depth of the
centre of pressure as shown in 1.5 m
Figure 4. H2O = 1000kg/m3
[ Ans: 103 kN, 2.267 m] 3.0 m 3.0 m
2.0 m
1.8 m
Figure 4
Water surface
A
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