Chapter 35 : Hydrostatics 741
- A vertical wall is subjected to a pressure due to one kind of liquid of specific weight (w)
on one of its sides. If the height of the liquid is (H) metres then the total pressure on the
wall per unit length is
(a) wH (b) 0.5 wH
(c) 0.5 wH^2 (d) wH^2 - If a vertical wall is subjected to pressures due to two liquids on both sides, then the resultant
pressure is the ... of two pressures.
(a) Sum (b) Difference
(c) Arithmatic mean (d) Geometric mean
ANSWERS
- (c) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (d) 5. (c) 6. (b)
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