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OT THE POWER OF WATER
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 9:25 am
by Paddlegal
Re: OT THE POWER OF WATER
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 5:54 pm
by sugarmtngal
Great reminder! Thanks for sharing that video - I used to live in Maine and do miss the snow, not the torrential water damage though.
Swiftwater is powerful, relentless, and predictable to the experienced eye! When the speed of the current is doubled, the force of the water against an object in the current is quadrupled. "the force of the current increases as the square of its speed".
Remember a cubic foot of H2O weighs 62.4lbs!
Can you tell I'm reading up for a swiftwater course!
Re: OT THE POWER OF WATER
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:50 pm
by jboyd
Great Guard Rail 
Re: OT THE POWER OF WATER
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:52 pm
by turboturtle
I do believe you mean pounds of force per cubic foot.
T.T.
Re: OT THE POWER OF WATER
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:38 am
by Zach
62.4lbs sounds right.
Pint's a pound. Cubic foot is around 60 pints (mmmm...60 pints).
Re: OT THE POWER OF WATER
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:36 pm
by Jody
1/2mv squared?