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Course Name: Fluid Mechanics

and Machinery
Course Code: MEC203
Semester : III
Dr. K. Anand,

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Problems
A cubical tank has sides of 1.5 m. It contains water for the
lower 0.6 m depth. The upper part contains oil of specific
gravity 0.9. Calculate the total pressure and position of
center of pressure for one vertical side of the tank

Force exerted by oil on 0.9 m x 1.5 m of the

plate
 𝐹 =𝜌 𝑔𝐴 h́
1
0.9
¿  900 ×9.81 ×(0.9 ×1.5)×
2
¿  5363.6 𝑁

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Force exerted by oil on 0.6 m x 1.5 m of the plate
 𝐹 =𝜌 𝑔𝐴 h́
2

  0.6
¿ 1000 ×9.81 ×(0.6 ×1.5)× 0.9+ ( 2 )
¿  10594.8 𝑁
Total pressure force on the vertical face of the tank
𝐹=𝐹
  2+𝐹 2=15958.4 𝑁

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Taking moments of all the forces about A
 𝐹 × h∗ = 𝐹 h́1 + 𝐹 2 h́2
1

15958
  . 4 ×h ∗ =5363 .6 × 0 . 45+10594 . 8 ×1 .2

 h∗ =0 . 9479 𝑚

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Horizontal plane surface submerged in liquid

Pressure intensity on the

submerged surface  𝑝=𝜌 𝑔 h

Total force F on the surface  𝑝=𝜌 𝑔𝐴 h́

Figure shows a tank full of water. Find the total pressure

on the bottom of the tank. Width of the tank is 2 m

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Horizontal plane surface submerged in liquid

Distance between the bottom surface of the plate

and the free surface of water
 h́= ( 3+0.6 )

Area of the bottom surface

 𝐴=4 × 2=8 𝑚2

Total pressure F on the bottom

 𝑝=𝜌 𝑔𝐴 h́=282528 𝑁

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Inclined plane surface submerged in liquid

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o-o is the axis perpendicular to the plane surface

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Pressure intensity on the strip

Pressure force dF, on the strip

Total pressure force on the whole area

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Center of pressure
𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒
  𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑡h𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝, 𝑑𝐹= 𝜌 𝑔h𝑑𝐴
¿  𝜌 𝑔𝑦𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝜃 𝑑𝐴
𝑀𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡
  𝑜𝑓 𝑡h𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐 , 𝑑𝐹 ,𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡h𝑒 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠 𝑜 −𝑜
¿  𝑑𝐹 × 𝑦=𝜌 𝑔𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 𝑑𝐴 × 𝑦
¿  𝜌 𝑔𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃 𝑦 2 𝑑𝐴
  2
𝑆𝑢𝑚𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑢𝑐h𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜−𝑜=∫ 𝜌 𝑔𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 𝑦 𝑑𝐴  
  2
¿𝜌𝑔𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃∫ 𝑦 𝑑𝐴  
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Center of pressure
  2

𝑆𝑢𝑚
 
∫ 𝑦 𝑑𝐴=𝑀𝑜𝐼 𝑜𝑓 𝑡h𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑜−𝑜=𝐼 𝑜
𝑜𝑓 𝑡h𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡h𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜 − 𝑜=𝜌 𝑔𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 𝐼 𝑜
𝑀𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡
  𝑜𝑓 𝑡h𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 , 𝐹 ,𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜 − 𝑜=𝐹 × 𝑦 ∗
∗
𝐹
  × 𝑦 = 𝜌 𝑔𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃 𝐼 𝑜
 
  𝜌 𝑔𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃 𝐼 𝑜
∗
𝑦 =
𝐹
2
𝐵𝑦
  𝑡h𝑒 𝑡h𝑒𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑙 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠 , 𝐼 𝑜=𝐼 𝐺 + 𝐴 ´𝑦

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∗
 h 𝜌 𝑔𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃
= [ 𝐼 𝐺 + 𝐴 ´𝑦 2 ]
𝜌 𝑔𝐴 h́
  h́
 ∗ 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃 2 ´𝑦 =
h = [ 𝐼 𝐺 + 𝐴 ´𝑦 2 ] 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃
𝐴 h́
 ∗ 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝜃 h́2
h =
𝐴 h́
𝐼 𝐺+ 𝐴
[ 2
𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃 ]
2
  ∗ 𝐼 𝐺 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃
h = + h́
𝐴 h́

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