What is Hydrostatic force: Definition and 63 Discussions
Fluid statics or hydrostatics is the branch of fluid mechanics that studies "fluids at hydrostatic equilibrium and the pressure in a fluid or exerted by a fluid on an immersed body".It encompasses the study of the conditions under which fluids are at rest in stable equilibrium as opposed to fluid dynamics, the study of fluids in motion. Hydrostatics is a subcategory of fluid statics, which is the study of all fluids, both compressible or incompressible, at rest.
Hydrostatics is fundamental to hydraulics, the engineering of equipment for storing, transporting and using fluids. It is also relevant to geophysics and astrophysics (for example, in understanding plate tectonics and the anomalies of the Earth's gravitational field), to meteorology, to medicine (in the context of blood pressure), and many other fields.
Hydrostatics offers physical explanations for many phenomena of everyday life, such as why atmospheric pressure changes with altitude, why wood and oil float on water, and why the surface of still water is always level.
Homework Statement
A semicircle with radius 3 m is submerged vertically in water so that the top is 1 m above the surface. Express the hydrostatic force against one side of the plate as an integral and evaluate it
I'm not getting the correct answer, so can someone help me to understand my...
Hey,
I've done an even problem from my book, and am not 100% sure if it's correct. It asks to find the Hydrostatic Force acting against an Area.
Homework Statement
A vertical dam has a semicircular gate as shown in the figure. Find the Hydrostatic force against the gate...
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/7909/hrw71431.gif
http://g.imageshack.us/img255/hrw71431.gif/1/
An open tube of length L = 1.8 m and cross-sectional area A = 4.6 cm^2 is fixed to the top of a cylindrical barrel of diameter D= 1.2m and height H=1.8 m
The barrel and the tube are filled with...
Homework Statement
Find the hydrostatic force on any side of a bottom half-circle with a 6 m diameter with the top 1 m above water level.
http://img377.imageshack.us/my.php?image=45095885io3.png"
Homework Equations
P = 1000 * 9.8 (mass density of water) * displacement
A = l * w
F = P * AThe...
Homework Statement
An aquarium `8` m long, `4` m wide, and `4` m deep is full of water. Find the following: the hydrostatic force on one end of the aquarium.
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
I already found the pressure and force on the bottom of the aquarium...now...
Hi everyone,
Could you please tell me if the setup is correct?
Homework Statement
A circularswimming pool has a diameter of 24 feet, the sides are 5ft hight, and the depth of the water is 4 ft. How much work is required to pump all of the water out over the side? (Use the fact that water...
I have a quiz coming up that includes this, so thanks for any help.
Homework Statement
A trough is filled with a liquid of density 840 kg/m^3. The ends of the trough are equilateral triangles with sides 8 m long and vertex at the bottom. Find the hydrostatic force on one end of the trough...
Homework Statement
The end of a tank containing water is vertical and has the indicated shape (in attached picture). Explain how to approximate the hydrostatic force against the end of the tank by a Riemann sum. Then express the force as an integral and evaluate it.
Homework Equations...
A gate in an irrigation canal is in the form of a trapezoid 3 feet wide at the bottom, 5 feet wide at the top, with the height equal to 2 feet. It is placed vertically in the canal with the water extending to its top. For simplicity, take the density of water to be 60 lb/ft cubed. Find the...
Please explain how I calc the hydrostatic force and it's location on the plate.
Above the drawing is says:
A 10m equlateral plate under water
Assume 60 degrees F
I clicked on 'Manage Attatchments' to upload the drawing. Give me a minute to do it another way if it won't show up...
Picture is included.
You are working as a summer intern for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and are assigned to some initial work on water resources project. The department will be overseeing the construction of a dam to create a large fresh water lake that will be...
Someone please show me how to do these problem below...or at least show me the 1st few steps so I can get started. Thanks a lot. Plz help me out...
1)Find the force against the lower half of the rectangular floodgate 10ft wide and 8ft deep.
2)A conical tank 10ft deep and 8 ft across the top...