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ing so pounds of strain, and let us Buppose thai the blow-off valve is openedwide. Then it is easy to show, by the principles of hydrodynamics, that, if friction bedisregarded, the water thai escapes through the blow-off will have a velocity of aboulLOO feel per second. Now, while the column of… … Fig. 3. — Illustrating the Wateb Ram in Blow-off Pipes. the energy of this mass of water, due to its velocity of 109 feet per second, is expendedupon the pipe and its fittings, in producing strains in the material of which they arccomposed. That this action is well worth serious attention is easily…
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