// A Textbook of Fluid Mecahnics and Hydraulic Machines - By R K Bansal // Chapter 3-Hydrostatic Forces on surfaces // Problem 3.30 //Data given in the Problem dens=1000 g=9.81 b=1 y0=9 //Calculations //1) h=y0/2 A=y0*1 F_x=dens*g*A*h mprintf("The thrust is %f N in x direction \n",F_x) //2) F_y=dens*g*integrate("2*y^0.5","y",0,9) mprintf("The thrust is %f N in y direction \n",F_y) 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)