Hydraulic engineering; a practical treatise on the principles of water pressure and flow and their application to the development of water power, including the calculation, design and construction of water wheels, turbines, and other details of hydraulic power plants (1909)
American School (Chicago, Ill.), Black, Adolph, Turneaure, Frederick Eugene, 1866- · Chicago American School of Correspondence · leaf 29
area of any form, then The distance AJ^ froni the surface to thecenter of pressure is equal to the moment ofInertia (f the (jiven area ahout an a.ris at A (M)divided hj the j/roduct of the area times thedistance from A to its center of (fravitij. Examjdes. 1. What force S will be required to lift a… … Fi. IC. horizontal projection CD = 1.1»:5 ft. The depth of V) below thesurface is 10 ft. We will first find the total pressure P against the gate. ByArt. 7 this wdll be the pressure per s(pin. at the center multiplied BD 10 + 3.5 by the area. Thedeptli of the center is 10 -r = 11.75 feet. The…
