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A right circular cylindrical tank is 10m long and has a radius of 3m. It is laid on its side and filled 5m deep with water....?
The density of water is 1000kg/m^3
(a)determine the hydrostatic force on one end of the cylinder due to the water
(b)determine the amount of work necessary to pump the water out of a hole in the top of the cylinder
please also explain the steps and how and why. thanks
1 Answer
- supastremphLv 66 years ago
This might be helpful:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_segment
a) You need to integrate pressure as a function of height over the area of the side P(h)da = density(g)L(h)dh, where L is the length across the barrel at height h.
b) you need to integrate the volume times the density of water times the height it is pumped out . . .
