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Consider a submerged curved surface. Explain how you would

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Problem 60P

Consider a submerged curved surface. Explain how you would determine the horizontal component of the hydrostatic force acting on this surface.

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Problem 60P

Consider a submerged curved surface. Explain how you would determine the horizontal component of the hydrostatic force acting on this surface.

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On a curved surface the force on individual elements differ in direction, so a simple summation of them may not be made. So force on a perpendicular point is the combination of horizontal and vertical component.

Consider a curved surface as shown in below

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