saccharomyces@lemmy.worldM to Civil Engineering@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoLarge-scale physical model confirms California weir designwww.asce.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
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minus-squaresaccharomyces@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 year agoJust find these types of scaled models amazing to see in real life. And, of course, it’s actually being built. https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/civil-engineering-magazine/issues/magazine-issue/article/2023/07/zigzagging-weir-helped-solve-safety-issues-at-2-california-dams And here are some videos on other physical models like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i70wkxmumAw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtUDGSmPd04 Finally, if you’re interested in the mathematics behind how we can do this and make comparable prototypes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3gT-MeJD-U
Just find these types of scaled models amazing to see in real life.
And, of course, it’s actually being built. https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/civil-engineering-magazine/issues/magazine-issue/article/2023/07/zigzagging-weir-helped-solve-safety-issues-at-2-california-dams
And here are some videos on other physical models like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i70wkxmumAw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtUDGSmPd04
Finally, if you’re interested in the mathematics behind how we can do this and make comparable prototypes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3gT-MeJD-U