Adams, Henry · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 171
q. ft. compression at outer edge and nil for tension on inner edge. LECTUKE XXII Pressure of Water—Pressure on Tank and Reservoir Walls—Stability ofMasonry Dam. The pressure of water against a suiiace, at any point in it, dependsonly upon the depth of the point below the surface of the water.… … F/g. 468 therefore from the top to bottom, as ordinates to a triangle, as shownin Fig. 467. The centre of effort, or centre of pressure, will be oppositethe centre of gravity of the triangle at g the height, and the total amount will be wh xh = ^wh^. The pressure at the various depths will be the…
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