An ancient building has a fine of 5m radius and uniform but small thickness.The surface tension of its masonry structure is about 500Nm^-1.Treated as hemisphere,find the maximum load that dome can support.
Asked by Vidushi412
| 20th Dec, 2018,
12:23: PM
Expert Answer:
Since dome has a hollow hemisphere so it's edges is going to be touched on the liquid.
So net Length of dome periphery = 2×pi×r= 2×3.14×5 = 31.4 m
Net force = S×l = 500×31.4 = 15700 N
Answered by Ankit K
| 20th Dec, 2018,
10:34: PM
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