Find the Fluid-force on the vertical plate submerged in water,

Question

Find the <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Fluid-force on the vertical plate submerged in water, where the dimensions are given in meters and the weight-density of water is 9800 newtons  per cubic meter.

Answer 1

Step 1:

Weight-density of water is 9800 newtons per cubic meter.

newtons per cubic meter.

Formula : ,

where is the depth of the fluid at .

is the horizontal length of the region at .

Obsreve the figure:

Depth:

Length:

The depth of the tank varies from 0 to 2.

.

Step 2:

Substitute the above values in .

N.

Solution:

Fluid force N.