Computer Programming Skills

MathCad

Solution by DF Sozinando Student at the Vaal University of Technology

*Wet concrete exerts a pressure distribution along the wall of the form. Determine the resultant force of this distribuition and specify the height h where the bracing strut should be placed so that it lies through the line of action of the resultant force. The wall has a width of 5m.

Computer Programming Skills

MathCad

Solution by DF Sozinando Student at the Vaal University of Technology

P := 800kPa
1

a := 4m

w := 5m

k := 4

kg
3 2 2

P( z) := k z

m s

dFR = w P( z) dz
a

FR := w P( z) dz
0

FR = 106.667 N

z w P( z) dz x :=
0

FR

x = 2.4 m

h := a - x

h = 1.6 m