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A barge that is 50' wide (frontal face) has a 2' draft when empty. If it is moving at 10 fps and has a 1500
A barge that is 50' wide (frontal face) has a 2' draft when empty. If it is moving at 10 fps and has a 1500 ton load, how long must the barge be to have the drag from pressure forces equal the drag from shear forces? Show your calculations. The total draft is 2’ plus the extra draft due to the 1500 tons.
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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics
Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr., Elliot Eisenberg, William Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell
8th Edition
73212229, 978-0073212227
