Adams, Henry · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 159
r,gr fsr /=;g ^8 /=/ff 439 Figs. 438 and 439, it being remembered that in Fig. 438 the weight ofwedge acting will be less, and in Fig. 439 more, than in Fig. 437,because the quantity of earth varies in the wedge between back of walland line of rupture. In the case of reservoir walls the triangle… … 440 and 441 show the common methods of dealing with water pressureagainst walls. The pressure varies uniformly as wh from the surface tothe bottom, and the whole may be represented as the ordinates to atriangle. The centre of pressure will be opposite the centre of gravityof the triangle at…
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