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 31
center of pressure, or jtoint of ap])lication of B,. is j-j //, belowthe surface (Art. 12). In like uanner the pressure \*:, =^ . /., • and its point ofapplication is || //_, below the water surface on that side. 18 HiDKAULICb The forces P, and P^ being known, the reaction H, niay l)efound by… … c -. r , /-- Fig. 18. in which all dimensions are to be expressed in feet, and the resultwill he for a gate one foot long. For other lengths the value ofRj will be proportional to the length. 3. Find the pressure P on a dam AB, Fig. 18. Let h =depth of water against the dam. Consider a length of…
