Irrigation Engineering
Presence of tail water in a gravity dam
i) increases the principal stress
ii) decreases the principal stress
iii) increases the shear stress
iv) decreases the shear stress
The correct answer is

(ii) and (iii)
(i) and (iii)
(i)and(iv)
(ii) and (iv)

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Irrigation Engineering
If A is the area of the surface, x̅ is the depth of its C.G. from the surface of the water and ω is the density of water, then

Depth of the point at which total pressure acts is equal to its moment of inertia divided by Ax̅
Depth of the centre of pressure is 2/3H vertically below the surface
Total pressure on the surface is equal to ωx̅
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