The water in a 25-m-deep reservoir is kept inside by a 150-m-wide wall whose cross section is

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The water in a 25-m-deep reservoir is kept inside by a 150-m-wide wall whose cross section is an equilateral triangle, as shown in Fig. P11??49. Determine

(a) The total force (hydrostatic + atmospheric) acting on the inner surface of the wall and its line of action

(b) The magnitude of the horizontal component of this force. Take Patm = 100 kPa.

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Fundamentals of Thermal-Fluid Sciences

ISBN: 978-0078027680

5th edition

Authors: Yunus A. Cengel, Robert H. Turner, John M. Cimbala

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