Fluid Mechanics Exam Problem: Hydrostatic Forces on a Plane Gate
MEC615/BME516: Solution to a midterm exam problem involving hydrostatic forces on plane surfaces. A hard copy (pdf) of this solution can be downloaded at Dr. Naylor's website: http://www.drdavidnaylor.net
All of the videos in this course and a copy (pdf) of this presentation can be downloaded at: http://www.drdavidnaylor.net
Course Textbook: F.M. White and H. Xue, Fluid Mechanics, 9th Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2021.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:13 Problem Statement
01:35 Free Body Diagram
04:32 Vertical Hydrostatic Force, F_AB
05:40 Horizontal Hydrostatic Force, F_BC
06:31 Locating the Center of Pressure
08:41 Static Equilibrium: Moments about Hinge to Find F_B
10:18 Re-floating a hydrophobic razor blade with a puff of air
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