Sample

rd
3 Exam

Hydrostatic
Pressure

A freshwater
marsh is drained to the ocean
through an automatic tide gate
that is 4 ft wide and 3 ft high.
The gate is held by hinges
located along its top edge at A
and bears on a sill at B. At a
given time, the water levels in
the marsh and in the ocean are
h= 6 ft and d= 9 ft,
respectively. Determine the
force exerted by the sill on the
gate at B and the hinge
reaction at A. (Specific weight
Problem 1 (25%).

Hydrostatic
Pressure

A prismatically shaped
gate placed at the end
of a freshwater channel
is
supported by a pin and
bracket at A and rests
on a frictionless
support at
B. Determine the
distance h if the gate is
to open when d = 30

Hydrostatic
Pressure

Water pressure acts on

Gate PQ which is being
held in place by a
moment-resisting shaft
at P. the top of the
gate, Q, is
unrestrained.
Determine the
allowable maximum
water depth, h, if the
shaft of the 2m-wide
gate is not to fail. The

Distributed
Loads

Determine the reactions at

the support of the beam
shown.

Centroids

The figure shows the crosssection of a cylindrical

container for hazardous
chemicals whose interior is
also cylindrical in shape. It
has a solid hemispherical
cover whose material
composition is the same as
that of the body. If its center
of gravity is located 8.41cm
from the bottom, determine
a. The containers total height
H in cm
b. The volume of the solid

Centroids

The shaded region shown is defined

by the area bounded by the y-axis,
the x-axis, the vertical line x=2L,
and the function f(x) = a(1- x/L +
x2/L2) with the values of a and L
equal to 2cm and 3cm, respectively.
Answer the following:
a. By using vertical strips in the
method of integration, calculate
the first moment of the shaded
region about the y-axis, Qy.
b. Verify that the area of the
shaded region is 16 cm2.
c. Determine the x-coordinate of
the centroid of the shaded
region.

Moments of
Inertia

The steel machine

component shown is
formed by machining a
hemisphere into the
base of a truncated
cone. Knowing that the
density of steel is 7850
kg/m3, determine the
mass moment of
inertia of the
component with
respect to the y axis.

Moments of
Inertia

Determine Ix and Iy
(AMOI about x and yaxes) of the shaded
portion by direct
integration. Let a= 1
and b = 1.
(Note: For Ix, just give
the expression after
integrating the integral.
No need to substitute
the limits.)