To: Robert A. Cook, PE
There's also material, thickness and shape to consider. Is it a perfect square, how thick is it and what's the material? Density plays a role in drag/resistance.
9 posted on
05/04/2006 7:34:11 PM PDT by
AlaninSA
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To: AlaninSA
There's also material, thickness and shape to consider. Is it a perfect square, how thick is it and what's the material? Density plays a role in drag/resistance.
The pier of course, in this case, would be concrete as the resisting solid, with a cross-section as a square (I'm assuming) facing the flow at alpha = 90 degrees; and the fluid would be water at atmospheric pressure/temperature (1 gm/cc metric, 62.4 pounds per cubic foot English) at 6 mph.
14 posted on
05/04/2006 7:41:09 PM PDT by
Robert A Cook PE
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To: AlaninSA
Pressure times area = force.
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