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Notethatthedirectionof
isnormaltothesurfaceareaandthenegativesignshowsthatthepressureforce
acts against the surface. The total hydrostatic force on the surface can be computed by integrating the
infinitesimalforcesovertheentiresurfacearea.

Ifhisthedepthoftheelement,fromthehorizontalfreesurfaceasgiveninEquation(L2.9)becomes

L9.1

Ifthefluiddensity isconstantandP0istheatmosphericpressureatthefreesurface,integrationoftheabove
equationcanbecarriedouttodeterminethepressureattheelementasgivenbelow

L9.2

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