Consider a 8-m-long, 8-m-wide, and 2-m-high above ground swimming pool that is filled with water to the

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Consider a 8-m-long, 8-m-wide, and 2-m-high above ground swimming pool that is filled with water to the rim.  (a) Determine the hydrostatic force on each wall and the distance of the line of action of this force from the ground. (b) If the height of the walls of the pool is doubled and the pool is filled, will the hydrostatic force on each wall double or quadruple? Why?

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Fundamentals of Thermal-Fluid Sciences

ISBN: 978-0078027680

5th edition

Authors: Yunus A. Cengel, Robert H. Turner, John M. Cimbala

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