LA caisson for closing the entrance to a dry dock is of trapezoidal form 16 m wide wide at the bottom and 8 m deep. Find the total pressure and centre of pressure on the caisson if the ater on the outside is I m below the top level of the caisson and dock is empty. (Ans. 3.164 MN, 4.56 m below water surface]
LA caisson for closing the entrance to a dry dock is of trapezoidal form 16 m wide wide at the bottom and 8 m deep. Find the total pressure and centre of pressure on the caisson if the ater on the outside is I m below the top level of the caisson and dock is empty. (Ans. 3.164 MN, 4.56 m below water surface]
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wide at the bottom and 8 m deep. Find the total pressure and centre of pressure on the caisson if the
water on the outside is I m below the top level of the caisson and dock is empty.
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Transcribed Image Text:A caisson for closing the entrance to a dry dock is of trapezoidal form 16 m wide at the top and 12m
wide at the bottom and 8 m deep. Find the total pressure and centre of pressure on the caisson if the
water on the outside is I m below the top level of the caisson and dock is empty.
(Ans. 3.164 MN, 4.56 m below water surface]
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