Question: How to solve Problem III: The hydraulic structure shown in Fig 3 controls flow in a 5 0 - m - wide channel and consists

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Problem III: The hydraulic structure shown in Fig 3 controls flow in a 50-m-wide channel and
consists of three parts: the bottom part is a 2.5-m-long 1.2-m-high rectangular prism; the middle
part is an elliptical prism with a long axis of 5.3 m and a short axis of 2.5 m ; and the top part is a
rectangular sluice gate. For a water depth of 6.5 m :
15 pts
(1) Depict the distribution of hydrostatic pressures on the upstream faces of all three structure
parts. Show your computations for the pressures at all control points.
(2) Compute and depict the resultant hydrostatic force and its application point on the structure.
(Follow the all the steps and be concise with work...which means show all work...even small details)
How to solve Problem III: The hydraulic structure

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