The water side of the wall of a 45-m-long dam is a quarter-circle with a radius of 7 m. Determine the hydrostatic force on the dam and its line of action when the dam is filled to the rim. Take the density of water to be 1000 kg/m³. The hydrostatic force on the dam is 107 N. The line of action when the dam is filled to the rim is X

The water side of the wall of a 45-m-long dam is a quarter-circle with a radius of 7 m. Determine the hydrostatic force on the dam and its line of action when the dam is filled to the rim. Take the density of water to be 1000 kg/m³. The hydrostatic force on the dam is 107 N. The line of action when the dam is filled to the rim is X

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