TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

FLUIDS MECHANICS, LEC: PCE7M

PLATE NO: 3

HYDROSTATIC FORCE ON PLANE SURFACES

GUTIERREZ, JOHN PAUL B.

NAME

BSCE – 3B

COURSE AND SECTION

ENGR. BON RYAN PEREZ ANIBAN

INSTRUCTOR

OCTOBER 15, 2020

DATE SUBMITTED
1. A TANK 5.4 M DEEP AND 2M WIDE IS LAYERED WITH 2.4 M OF OIL SP. GR. (0.8), 1.8 M OF WATER
AND 1.2 M OF MERCURY. (A) COMPUTE THE HYDROSTATIC FORCE (KN) ON THE UPPER LAYER OF
THE OIL ONLY. (B) COMPUTE THE HYDROSTATIC FORCE OF THE 4.2 M CONTAINING OIL AND
WATER

SOLUTION:
(A)

(B)

2. IN THE FIGURE, STOPPER B WILL BREAK IF THE FORCE ON IT REACHES 40 KN. FIND THE CRITICAL
WATER DEPTH. THE LENGTH OF THE GATE PERPENDICULAR TO THE SKETCH IS 1.5 M.

SOLUTION
 3. A 12 M. X 12 M. GATE IS INSTALLED AT THE END OF WATER RESERVOIR AS SHOWN AND
IS HINGED AT THE TOP. THE GATE HINGE IS 6 M. BELOW THE RESERVOIR WATER
SURFACE. THE GATE IS CONNECTED BY A LEVER TO A RECTANGULAR TANK OF WATER
WHICH IS 12 M. WIDE (INTO THE PAPER) AND FILLED WITH 6 M. OF WATER. THE WEIGHT
OF THE TANK IS NEGLIGIBLE. (A) DETERMINE THE HYDROSTATIC FORCE ACTING ON THE
GATE. (B) DETERMINE THE LOCATION OF THE CENTER OF PRESSURE FROM THE HINGE.
(C) DETERMINE THE LENGTH, L, SO THAT THE GATE WILL STAY CLOSED. SEE FIG.

SOLUTION:
(B) (C)
(A) 4.

7.000 m. from
the hinge

4.
A TRIANGULAR THROUGH AS SHOWN IN
THE FIGURE CARRIES WATER AT A DEPTH
OF 5M THE TROUGH IS HINGED AT A AND IS
HELD TOGETHER BY CABLE BC AT THE TOP.
THE ANGLE BAC IS EQUAL TO 110°. (A)
COMPUTE THE TOTAL PRESSURE ON SIDE
AB PER METER LENGTH. (B) COMPUTE THE
TENSION AT THE CABLE IF IT HAS A
SPACING OF 1M PERPENDICULAR TO THE PAPER.

SOLUTION:

(A)
(B)
5. A CIRCULAR GATE 1.5 M IN DIAMETER IS INCLINED 30 DEGREES WITH THE VERTICAL. IF
CENTER OF THE GATE IS 10M BELOW THE SEA WATER SURFACE. (A) CALCULATE THE
TOTAL HYDROSTATIC FORCE ON THE GATE. (B) CALCULATE THE DISTANCE OF THE
TOTAL FORCE FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE GATE MEASURED ALONG THE GATE. (C) IF THE
GATE IS HINGED AT TOP, FIND THE NORMAL FORCE APPLIED AT THE BOTTOM REQUIRED
TO OPEN THE GATE.

SOLUTION:

(A)

(C

(B