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Topic: Water, water everywhere! (Read 15498 times)
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Paelos
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Yeah, if we that was in some of the subdivisions in the US, I can see that happening. Those HoAs don't care about floods, that lawn must be moved dammit!
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CPA, CFO, Sports Fan, Game when I have the time
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Salamok
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The fence porn thread, is best thread. edit - The guy mowing his lawn has obviously RTFM'd (read the fence manual):  |
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« Last Edit: June 06, 2013, 09:05:10 AM by Salamok »
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Quinton
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is saving up his raid points for a fancy board title
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Okay, now those walls make a lot more sense to me.
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01101010
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You call it an accident. I call it justice.
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Makes sense sure, but that is still a huge amount of pressure to hold back especially with moving water. I think that is what I am in awe of; those walls are really not all that thick and the supports seem too few to hold back that amount of water. I'd like to know when the transparent aluminum was invented.  |
Does any one know where the love of God goes...When the waves turn the minutes to hours? -G. Lightfoot
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Lantyssa
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Moving water is less pressure! At least if the flow is parallel to the wall, and still insignificant compared to the weight of the water. Metal is really strong, so that doesn't surprise me.
I'd think the bolts joining the metal wall to the concrete would be the biggest point of failure, but their engineers probably tested for load and didn't try to cut a few millimeters off to save a penny per bolt. The whole thing does make a lot more sense though. I thought they were just bolting those thing down on the roads, not a pre-planned sunken bulwark.
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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Stormwaltz
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Nothing in this post represents the views of my current or previous employers.
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"Sci-Fi writers don't invent the future, they market it."
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K9
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Moving water is less pressure! At least if the flow is parallel to the wall, and still insignificant compared to the weight of the water. Metal is really strong, so that doesn't surprise me.
I'd think the bolts joining the metal wall to the concrete would be the biggest point of failure, but their engineers probably tested for load and didn't try to cut a few millimeters off to save a penny per bolt. The whole thing does make a lot more sense though. I thought they were just bolting those thing down on the roads, not a pre-planned sunken bulwark.
It's not so much the strength of the walls, but the seals they manage to form with them that impresses me. German engineering eh? I also saw this, which seemed pretty awesome: |
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Bzalthek
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"Use the Soy Sauce, Luke!" WHOM, ZASH, CLISH CLASH! "Umeboshi Kenobi!! NOOO!!!"
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That would make good advertising for the Pool Company. Visually that is.
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"Pity hurricanes aren't actually caused by gays; I would take a shot in the mouth right now if it meant wiping out these chucklefucks." ~WayAbvPar
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Chimpy
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Poor pool scrubbing robot.
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'Reality' is the only word in the language that should always be used in quotes.
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Tale
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Pool's closed.
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Segoris
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The Sims - Euro flooding DLC floor tiles, now only $19.99!
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