FUNDAMENTALS OF THERMODYNAMICS
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.9P
A swimming pool has an evenly distributed pressure at the bottom. Consider a stiff steel plate lying on the ground. Is the pressure below it just as evenly distributed?
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