Hydraulic engineering; a practical treatise on the principles of water pressure and flow and their application to the development of water power, including the calculation, design and construction of water wheels, turbines, and other details of hydraulic power plants (1909)
American School (Chicago, Ill.), Black, Adolph, Turneaure, Frederick Eugene, 1866- · Chicago American School of Correspondence · leaf 207
section, as this form offers great resistance to collapse. They must be thoroughly air-tight, as any leakage of air will destroy the vacuum, with consequent loss of draft-head. AMien the power-house is built with a concrete substructure, it will often be found advisable to mould the draft-tube… … Fig. 79. Diagrammatic Representation of Turbine Installed. Showing Penstock,Heart-Race, and Tail-Race. feet long. The total drop from head-race to tail-race is SO feet. The tur-bine is installed 10 feet above tail-water. Discuss its operation. The mean velocity of flow in the })ipe is: 0.4 feet per…
