Laboratory Report for Sluice Gate and Hydraulic Jump Introduction. In this lab exercise we were supposed to analyse the Hydraulic jump through the Sluice gate‚ and to discuss about the energy displacement through that process. Hydraulic jump is known as the change flow which changes from the supercritical flow to the sub-critical flow‚ this change occurs due to the loss turbulence in an open tunnel. In basic terms this happens when there is a sudden rise in the water levels‚ due to the
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Stanley Hydraulics Corporation (A) Bob Nehrgardt Overall‚ I don’t think Bob Nehrgardt is crazy‚ because * In ten years with Dynamic Controls‚ Bob Nehrgardt grew the annual sales from $600‚000 to $5 million‚ and he gained diverse experience with product engineering‚ industrial sales‚ marketing‚ product development and top management‚ which contained every aspect of running a company. Therefore‚ he had already massed intense and broad knowledge and working experience as bases upon which to
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Fair Value Accounting: Understanding the Issues Raised by the Credit Crunch (Pieter-Jan Wils Summary) Executive summary Fair value accounting: a financial reporting approach in which companies are required or permitted to measure and report on an ongoing basis certain assets and liabilities (generally financial instruments) at estimates of the prices they would receive if they were to sell the assets or would pay if they were to be relieved of the liabilities. Under fair value accounting‚ companies
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Fluid Mechanics. Fluid mechanics studies the physics of gases and liquids. Hydraulics is defined as: "a branch of science that deals with practical applications of liquid in motion." Merriam-Webster’s Medical Dictionary‚ via www.dictionary.com The science started over thousands of years ago with Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) and Archimedes (287-212 B.C.). Many European scientists also contributed to hydraulics‚ including da Vinci‚ Mariotte and Boyle. The scientist who discovered the
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Hydraulic Jump Experiment SUMMARY The Objective of this experiment is to observe the flow patterns and behaviour of the water before after the jump Also to quantify the energy lost due to a hydraulic jump. The observed and theoretical ratios of upstream and downstream depths will be compared‚ this will show the limitations to purely theoretical analysis. The experiment showed that a hydraulic jump occurs when when liquid at high velocity discharges into a zone of lower velocity
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Discussion on the Ethical Implications of Hydraulic Fracturing by: Sebastian Potes 7/16/13 ! Abstract As concern grows over the environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing‚ implementing policy that protects people and their environment from these potential dangers becomes an essential piece of the renewable energy picture. Hydraulic fracturing‚ or fracking‚ is the technique of extracting oil and natural gas trapped under ground by injecting a mixture of water‚ sand‚ and chemicals into the
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CHAPTER 5 HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES 1 LEARNING OBJECTIVE(S): Know about the basic features of hydraulic structures; Identify the different types and use of hydraulic structures; Determine the flow by using different types of hydraulic structures. 2 Introduction A hydraulic structure is a structure submerged or partially submerged in any body of water. Hydraulic structures are artificial or natural objects that can be used to divert‚ disrupt‚ restrict‚ stop or manage the natural
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April 15‚ 2012 Introduction For many centuries‚ countries including the United States have been searching for new ways to obtain an alternate source of energy. During the 1940’s‚ Hydraulic fracking (hydrofracking) or horizontal well drilling became the method of choice for obtaining natural gas. According to the 2010‚ report Fueling North America’s Energy
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MEASURING AND MODELLING HYDRAULIC FLUID DYNAMICS AT HIGH PRESSURE - ACCURATE AND SIMPLE APPROACH. International Journal Of Fluid Power‚ 13(2)‚ 51-59. ASTRACT: Dynamic properties of hydraulic fluids have to be taken into account in ever increasing fluid power applications. The main reasons are increasing accuracy demands in control and modeling‚ as well as increasing operating pressure and temperature ranges. Moreover‚ the already wide spectrum of different hydraulic fluids is also expanding all
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and Atmospheric Administration. Polar bears depend on sea ice in the Arctic for all aspects of their life; global warming has caused a marked decrease in the polar ice. In May of 2008‚ polar bears were listed as a threatened species in the United States under the Endangered Species Act; they are the first species to be listed as a direct result of climate change (World Wildlife Fund‚ 2016). Polar bears are
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