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An open settling tank shown in the figure contains a liquid suspension. Determine the resultant
force acting on the gate and its line of action if the liquid density is 850 kg/m3.
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Step 1 of 12
Draw the cross-sectional view of the gate.
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Step 2 of 12
Write the equation of the curve.
Calculate the vertical distance between the center of the elemental area and the x-axis.
Calculate the area of the elemental strip.
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Step 3 of 12
Calculate the center of gravity of the gate from base the geometry.
Here, is the area of the element and is the vertical distance between the center of the
elemental area and the x-axis.
Substitute for , for , for , and for .
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Draw the sketch of the gate and liquid.
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Step 5 of 12
Calculate the length of the gate in contact with liquid from the geometry.
Calculate the center of gravity of the gate from the free surface of liquid.
Substitute for and for .
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Step 6 of 12
Calculate the vertical depth of center of gravity of the gate from the free surface.
Substitute for and for .
Calculate the pressure acting on the gate.
Here, is the density of liquid and is acceleration due to gravity.
Substitute for , for , and for .
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Step 8 of 12
Calculate the resultant force acting on the gate.
Here, is the pressure acting on the gate and is the area of the gate resisting the
pressure on the gate.
Substitute for and for .
Therefore, the resultant force acting on the gate is .
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Calculate the moment of inertia of the gate area.
Substitute for .
Substitute for and for .
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Step 10 of 12
Calculate the action of the resultant hydrostatic force.
Here, is the line of action of the centre of pressure, is the centroid of the area, is the
second moment of area, and is the area of the gate.
Substitute for , for , and for .
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Step 11 of 12
Calculate the centre of line of action from the free surface.
Substitute for .
Calculate the centre of location of the force from the bottom.
Substitute for .
Therefore, the line of action of the hydrostatic force of liquid from the bottom is at .
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Draw the diagram representing the notations.
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