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This document contains an assignment with 7 fluid mechanics problems involving hydrostatic forces on submerged objects. The problems cover calculating forces on submerged structures like doors, windows, gates, plates and dams using fluid properties and geometry. The instructor is Dr. Zakaria M. Marouf and the course is Fluid Mechanics at Future University in Egypt with course code MPR 252/MEC241.

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This document contains an assignment with 7 fluid mechanics problems involving hydrostatic forces on submerged objects. The problems cover calculating forces on submerged structures like doors, windows, gates, plates and dams using fluid properties and geometry. The instructor is Dr. Zakaria M. Marouf and the course is Fluid Mechanics at Future University in Egypt with course code MPR 252/MEC241.

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Future University in Egypt Course Name: Fluid Mechanics

Faculty of Engineering and Technology Course Code: MPR 252/MEC241


Mechanical Engineering Department Instructor: Dr. Zakaria M. Marouf

Assignment (3)

1) Consider a heavy car submerged in water in a lake with a flat bottom. The driver’s side
door of the car is 1.1 m high and 0.9 m wide, and the top edge of the door is 8 m below the
water surface. Determine the net hydrostatic force acting on the door (normal to its surface)
and the location of the pressure center if (a) the car is well-sealed, and it contains air at
atmospheric pressure and (b) the car is filled with water.
2) Consider a 4 m long, 4 m wide, and 1.5 m high aboveground swimming pool that is filled
with water to the rim. (a) Determine the hydrostatic force on each wall and the distance of
the line of action of this force from the ground. (b) The hydrostatic force on the ground and
(c) If the height of the walls of the pool is doubled and the pool is filled, will the hydrostatic
force on each wall double or quadruple? Why?
3) A room in the lower level of a cruise ship has a 30 cm diameter circular window. If the
midpoint of the window is 5 m below the water surface, determine the hydrostatic force
acting on the window, and the pressure center. Take the specific gravity of seawater to be
1.025.
4) A 3 m high, 6 m wide rectangular gate is hinged at the top edge at A and is restrained by a
fixed ridge at B. Determine the hydrostatic force exerted on the gate by the 5 m high water
and the location of the pressure center.

5) A 4 m high, 5 m wide rectangular plate blocks the end of a 4 m deep freshwater channel,
as shown in the figure. The plate is hinged about a horizontal axis along its upper edge
through a point A and is restrained from opening by a fixed ridge at point B. Determine the
force exerted on the plate by the ridge.
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6) The 5 m wide rectangular gate shown in the figure is hinged at B and leans against the floor
at A making an angle of 45° with the horizontal. The gate is to be opened from its lower
edge by applying a normal force at its center. Determine the minimum force F required to
open the water gate.

7) The dam shown in the below Figure is a quarter circle 35 m wide into the paper. Determine
the hydrostatic force components against the dam and the point (CP) where the resultant
strikes the dam.

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