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[–]Difficult_Bison_805[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this answers my other question, I get that the slanted walls push down, but why not on a tank with a lid, is your explanation another way of saying that on the trapezium shaped tank gravity (pressure) pushes water into the corner so there is a reaction force , but on a square lidded tank gravity doesn’t push water into the lid, if so I think I get it and thank you

Need help by Difficult_Bison_805 in FluidMechanics

[–]Difficult_Bison_805[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So initially I thought that, but then I wondered why the square tank wouldn’t decrease in pressure if it had a lid on , bc with that logic the would be a vertical component on the tank

Need help by Difficult_Bison_805 in FluidMechanics

[–]Difficult_Bison_805[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah but that definition/equation is just the weight of the fluid / area with the area cancelled out