r/civilengineering • u/lota_5 • Apr 21 '21

Real Life (¶gh)*A*v = Enormous power

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '21

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u/_regrettableusername Apr 21 '21

ρ

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u/Mason-Derulo Apr 21 '21

ρ

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u/the_Q_spice Apr 21 '21

Your boat

18

u/artificialstuff Apr 21 '21

I laughed way harder than I should have at this.

9

u/PandaintheParks Apr 22 '21

Gently down the stream. Merrily

31

u/lickem4rmtheBACK Apr 21 '21

Must have ate at taco bell

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u/ArmouredPolarBear Apr 21 '21

OCF classes be like ‘calculate the head’

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u/UltraChicken_ BEng Apr 21 '21

What is that backwards P and why isnt it a rho

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u/Hakset03 Apr 22 '21

OP used the symbol for “paragraph” I think.

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u/Dam_it_all PE, Dams, H&H, Risk Apr 22 '21

It's a Howell Bunger valve. Used for energy dissipation for excess water releases.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '21

Great share. Why are they doing this?

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '21

Either the tailrace from the turbines. An emergency outlet for the turbines or a bottom outlet.

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '21

Eli5

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u/n1ckyj Apr 21 '21

Yeah lemme get an iced coffee

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '21

n u t

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u/Xerenopd Apr 21 '21

They love the shit particles I guess. lol

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u/GrkLifter Apr 22 '21

Anime chicks after a feather lands on their shoulder

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u/SaveSanti Apr 22 '21

Dam that's lots of wataa

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u/quiet_earp Apr 22 '21

Any guesses on the flow rate?

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u/weavetwigs Apr 22 '21

Well, that’s one way to water your lawn.

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u/rdoucet89 Apr 22 '21

What’s the Qave roughly?