Adams, Henry · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 172
t, set up W = weight of wedge ofwater, cut off the horizontal thrust line by an angle of 45°; then TANK AND KESERVOIK WALLS 157 the amount of thrust will be given by the length of horizontal line.Let the wall slope away from the water as iu Fig. 470, then the weightof wedge will be greater, but the… … being that due to the difference between Jif A^ and ^M. By formulathe thrust will be ^wh^ cosec 0. Again, let the wall slope towards thewater as in Fig. 471, then the weight of wedge will be less, but thethrust will be of the same value as before if the sloping length isthe same, or T = i^wh^ cosec…
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