2.94 Figure P2.94 is a representation of the Keswick gravity dam in California. Find the magnitudes and locations of the hydrostatic forces acting on the headwater vertical wall of the dam and on the tailwater inclined wall of the dam.

2.94 Figure P2.94 is a representation of the Keswick gravity dam in California. Find the magnitudes and locations of the hydrostatic forces acting on the headwater vertical wall of the dam and on the tailwater inclined wall of the dam.

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2.94 Figure P2.94 is a representation of the Keswick gravity dam in California. Find the magnitudes and locations of
the hydrostatic forces acting on the headwater vertical wall of the dam and on the tailwater inclined wall of the dam.
Note that the slope given is the ratio of the run to the rise. Considera unit length of the dam (b = 1 ft).
Headwater
100
21.5
El. 595.00
El. 565.40'
Slope 0.7:1
El. 491.00
■FIGURE P2.94
Tailwater
30
V

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