Statement
4.1.3∗. The resultant force acting from the compressed fluid on three faces of a regular tetrahedron is
Solution
In a compressed fluid, the pressure
Let the force vectors acting on the four faces of the tetrahedron be
According to the problem, the resultant force acting on the three upper faces is
The magnitude of this resultant force is
Therefore, the force acting on the fourth (bottom) face must completely balance this resultant force:
From this, it follows that the magnitude of the pressure force on the fourth face is also equal to
By the definition of pressure, the magnitude of the force acting on a flat face is equal to the product of the pressure
Since the tetrahedron is regular, all its faces are identical equilateral triangles with a side length of
Substituting the area into the force equation, we obtain:
Solving for the required fluid pressure, we get: