3: Total Hydrostatic Pressure

center of pressure

The point in the immersed body through which the resultant pressure of the liquid may be taken to act is known as?

cg is either at cg or below it

Which of the following is the correct relation between centroid (cg) and the center of pressure (cp) of a plane submerged in a liquid?

the area is horizontal, vertical, inclined

The total pressure force on a plane area is equal to the area multiplied by the intensity of pressure at the centroid, if?

gravity

The vertical component passes through the center of ____ of the volume.

below the centroid

Center of pressure on an inclined plane is?

No

Can center of pressure for a vetical plane submerged surface be ever be above center of gravity?

False

In a vertically submerged plane surface, pressure at every point remains same.

True

For an inclined plane, the pressure intensity at every point differs.

False

The magnitude of total pressure and center of pressure is independent on the shape of the submerged plane

Linear

What is the variation of total pressure with depth for any submerged surface if we neglect variation in the density?