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Bought a new swimming pool today it is 3.66 m diameter and 76 cm deep if I fill it up how heavy will the water be ?

cheers

Wayne.

Very heavy. But ice is lighter, as it is less dense. If you fill yur pool with ice cubes it will weigh less. Safer too; no need to worry about non-swimmers falling in deep end.

Well, I`m crap at maths, but I`m sure 1ml = 1g.

So one litre = one kilogram

So you do the math, cause I can`t ;-)

" So you do the math, cause I can`t ;-) "

Thats why I asked , thought someone here might know the formula and tell me if my patio is going to sink under the weight of the pool ( if the ****ing summer ever starts and I get the chance to use it that is ).


Wayne.

76 cm? that`s a paddling pool mate!

anyway, if the 3.66 is the total length around the edge of the pool, you`ve got a pool that can contain 1.39 cubic meters of water.

Depending on atmospheric pressure, and the ambient temperature of the water, At 25 Celsius and 1 standard
atmosphere pressure, the density of water is 0.99707 grams/milliliter.

so, you`d have roughly about 140 KG

What if its heavy water

the you shouldn`t be swimming in it

" if the 3.66 is the total length around the edge of the pool "

No it is 3.66 metres diameter ( round pool ) or for the oldies 12 foot diameter and 30 inches deep , quite a large paddling pool for a 6 year old

(3.66/2) squared * pi * 0.76

= 7.995 cubic meters

= approximately 8 metric tonnes of water.


That works out to a pressure of 76 grams per centimetre squared.
Assuming that the interface between the bottom of the pool and the patio surface is completely flat.
You should be OK

Hope that helps

Hope even more that I did it right.

By the way if you swim in heavy water, your `nads`ll glow in the dark

;-)
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This item was edited on Monday, 26th May 2003, 21:24

By my math it will be nearer 8000kgs of water. Like a good school boy i will show my working:

Diameter = 366cm therfore radius = 183cm. To calculate volume lets take the pool as a cylinder of water, radius 183cm, depth 76cm therefore volume = Pi x 183squared x 76 = 7995868.525cm cubed. As 1000cm cubed = 1 litre, thats 7995.868525 litres of water, and assuming 1litre to be 1 kilogram (under `normal` conditions) that means 7996 kilos of water.

Don`t forget to add the weight of the pool......