The pipes holding the boards were placed 10 ft apart across


Three feet of flash boards were placed on the top of a small diversion dam. The pipes holding the boards were placed 10 ft apart across the dam. There were 20 pipes and each one was designed to fail under a bending moment of 1625 ft-lb how deep will the water be on the flash boards when failure occurs? Assume hydrostatic pressure distribution on the flash boards.

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Civil Engineering: The pipes holding the boards were placed 10 ft apart across
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