Towers And Tanks for Water Works the Theory And Practice of Their Design And Co
Towers And Tanks for Water Works the Theory And Practice of Their Design And Co
J N James Nisbit Hazlehurst
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. I2S. -. . 100 no IQC . . 1 2O I4O. . T A e I4O I SO I SO In considering the effect of the pressure due to the height or head of water, or " static head, " exerted upon the inter- ior surfaces of a cylindrical structure such as a stand-pipe, the explanation given by Trautwine is so concise and clear that it is copied here without further apology : " In the figure, which represents a vessel full of water, the total pressure against the semi-cylindrical surface a v e m d k and perpendicular to i...t, must be also horizontal, because the surface is vertical ; but inasmuch as the surface is curved, this 90 TOWERS AND TANKS FOR WATER-WORKS. total pressure acts against it in many directions, which might be represented by an infinite number of radii drawn from o as a centre. But let it be required to find the horizontal pres- sure in Ibs. In one direction only, say parallel to o e, or perpen- dicular to a d, which would be the force tending to tear the curved surface away from the flat sides a b n v, and d c s k> by producing fractures along the lines a v and d k, or which would tend to burst a pipe or other cylinder.
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