94 0 CHAPTER 5

5.18
Half-cylinder ABC in Fig. 5-18a is 9 ft wide into the paper. Calculate the net moment of the pressure forces on

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Mercury

Fig. 5-17

the body about point C.

I/ From symmetry, the horizontal forces balance and produce no net moment about point C. (See Fig. 5-18b.)
Fv = Fl F2 = Fbuoy of body ABC = [(0.85)(62.4)1[(9)(x)(1) 2/21 = 15 184 lb, x = 4r/(3x) = (4)(2)/(3x) = 1.910 ft,
Mc = (15 184)(1.910) = 29 001 lb ft (clockwise).

4ft

Fig. 5-18(a)

Fv
4r
311

Fig. 5-18(b)
5.19

Compute the hydrostatic force and its line of action on semicylindrical indentation ABC in Fig. 5-19a per meter
of width into the paper.
FH = yizegA = [(0.88)(9.79)](2 + 2 + V)[(2.5)(1)1= 113.1 kN
/xx sin 0 [(1)(2.5)3/12](sin 90) _ 0.099 m
Yq
' = I1/4 544 (2 + 2 + V)[( 2.5)( 1)1

As demonstrated in Prob. 5.18, Fv = Fb,

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ancy of body ABC and it acts at 4r/(3x) from point C. F v = [( -8 )
9 7
2 - 2 2
( . 9)1[(1)(x)( 1 ) / ] = 21.14 kN, x = 4r/(3x) = (4)(V)/(3x) = 0.531 m. The forces acting on the indentation
are shown in Fig. 5-19b. F,,,. ,1= V21.142 + 113.12= 115.1 kN. As shown in Fig. 5-19b, Fn.. passes through
point 0 and acts up and to the right at an angle of arctan (21.14/113.1), or 10.59.