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 30
r of |)i(^ssuie will be found next. This is at a dis-tance from li given hy forniulH 1:2. in which //, = 10 and // 10 13. ^\■ e Jiave tlien ./■ the 2 , 2 + 13.5 -77- .•- -A X 2.1 feet. 3 ■ - ^ 10 + 13..5Xow taking moments a1)out B we have S X 1.93 = P X 2.1 or S = 8,808- X ^ = 0,51)0 lb. Ans. 2,… … Fig-. 17. • By Ait. 7 the total pressure J\ of the water on the left side of the gate is equal to the pressure at the half depth -j- multiplied by its submerged area. Taking, here the s(piare foot as the unitand letting tr = weight of a cubic foot of water, the pressure at a dei)th - - is —~ X //…
