The Wide World of Fluids article titled The Three Gorges Dam,. (a) Determine the horizontal hydrostatic force

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The Wide World of Fluids article titled "The Three Gorges Dam,".

(a) Determine the horizontal hydrostatic force on the 2309-m-long Three Gorges Dam when the average depth of the water against it is \(175 \mathrm{~m}\).

(b) If all of the 6.4 billion people on Earth were to push horizontally against the Three Gorges Dam, could they generate enough force to hold it in place? Support your answer with appropriate calculations.

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Munson Young And Okiishi's Fundamentals Of Fluid Mechanics

ISBN: 9781119080701

8th Edition

Authors: Philip M. Gerhart, Andrew L. Gerhart, John I. Hochstein

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