Hydrostatic forces and tension in cable holding the Gate - SOLVED Example

Example:
The retaining wall in Figure 1 holds back a combination of water and mud. Considering it to have a dimension of 1 m in the perpendicular direction (i.e. out of the page) determine what the force in cable BE and the reaction forces at D will be.



Solution:


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