// A Textbook of Fluid Mecahnics and Hydraulic Machines - By R K Bansal // Chapter 3-Hydrostatic Forces on surfaces // Problem 3.29 //Data given in the Problem dens=1000 g=9.81 h=10 b=1 BC=10 //calculations A=BC*1 H=h/2 F_x=dens*g*A*H F_y=dens*g*integrate('3*y^0.5','y',0,10) F=(F_x^2+F_y^2)^0.5 theta =(atan(F_y/F_x))*180/%pi mprintf("The Resultant force is %f kN at an angle of %f degrees \n",F*10^-3,theta)