The cover for a 250 Ã 550-mm access hole in an oil storage tank is attached to

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The cover for a 250 × 550-mm access hole in an oil storage tank is attached to the outside of the tank with four bolts as shown. Knowing that the density of the oil is 920 kg/m3 and that the center of the cover is located 3 m below the surface of the oil, determine the additional force on each bolt because of the pressure of the oil.

25 mm -550 mn- 25 m

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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics

ISBN: 978-0073212227

8th Edition

Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr., Elliot Eisenberg, William Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell

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