// A Textbook of Fluid Mecahnics and Hydraulic Machines - By R K Bansal // Chapter 3-Hydrostatic Forces on surfaces // Problem 3.9 //Data given in the Problem a=2 b=4 d=1 g=9.81 dens=1000 //calculations //1)Total Presusre A=(a+b)/2*d //Area of trapezoid h=((2*a+b)/(a+b))*(d/3) //distance od CG from AD surface F=dens*g*A*h mprintf("The total pressure is %f N\n",F) //2) IG=(a^2+4*a*b+b^2)/(36*(a+b))*d^3 H=IG/(A*h)+h //H is the COP position mprintf("The centre of pressure if at %f m \n",H)