The dam for a lake is designed to withstand the additional force caused by silt which has

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The dam for a lake is designed to withstand the additional force caused by silt which has settled on the lake bottom. Assuming that silt is equivalent to a liquid of density ρs = 1.76 × 103 kg/m3 and considering a 1-m-wide section of dam, determine the percentage increase in the force acting on the dam face for a silt accumulation of depth 1.5 m.



Water 6 m Silt

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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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