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Roodles01
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Homework Statement
A solid cube, mass m, side length l, is placed in a liquid of uniform density, ρ(rho), at a depth h0 below the surface of the liquid, which is open to the air.
The upper and lower faces of the cube are horizontal.
Find the magnitude of force, Fs, exerted on each vertical face of the cube and express it in terms of ρ (rho), l, h, atmospheric pressure p0 and gravity g.
Homework Equations
Pressure, p, at any point in the liquid = (p0 + ρg(h0+x))
The Attempt at a Solution
surface integral
Fs = -n ∫ (p0 + ρg(h0 +x))dA
where n is the unit vector normal to the surface
Area integral of a rectangle with side lengths a & b written as 2 single integrals
Fs = -n ∫ [ ∫ (p0 + ρg(h0 +x))dy]dx . . . . . . . . . . (first integral limits 0 & a, second limits 0 & b)
Fs = -n ∫ (p0 + ρg(h0 +x)) b dx
Fs = -b (p0 + ρgh0) a + ½*ρ0ga2) n
Fs = -ab (p0 + ρ0g(h0 + ½a)) n
remembering that ab = l*l = area of cube side = l2
so
Fs = -l2 (p0 + ρ0g (h0 +½a)) n
is that OK?
Is the integral look right.
I worry as I'm doing this at home by myself.