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3 Hydro Plane Pressure Prism PDF
3 Hydro Plane Pressure Prism PDF
PRESSURE PRISM
An informative and useful graphical interpretation
can be made for the force developed by a fluid acting
on a plane area.
Figure 4
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Chapter 3 – Pressure prism for rectangular shape
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Chapter 3 – Pressure prism for rectangular shape
FR = F1 + F2
FR = volume = 12 ( ρgh)(bh) = ρg ( h2 ) A
FR y A = F1 y1 + F2 y 2
Figure 5
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Chapter 3 – Pressure prism for rectangular shape
Figure 6
For inclined plane surfaces the pressure prism can
still be developed, and the cross section of the prism
will generally be trapezoidal as is shown in Figure 6.
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Chapter 3 – Pressure prism for rectangular shape
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Chapter 3 – Pressure prism for rectangular shape
Figure 7 6