• A hydraulic structure is a structure submerged or partially submerged in any body of water, which disrupts the natural flow of water. They can be used...
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    structures for irrigation projects, and cooling-water facilities for thermal power plants." A few examples of the fundamental principles of hydraulic...
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  • A hydraulic empire, also known as a hydraulic despotism, hydraulic society, hydraulic civilization, or water monopoly empire, is a social or government...
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    Fracking (redirect from Hydraulic fracture)
    Fracking (also known as hydraulic fracturing, fracing, hydrofracturing, or hydrofracking) is a well stimulation technique involving the fracturing of...
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    hydraulic structure, such as a dam, spillway, bridge or culvert. Generally measured and reported as the average water depth downstream of a hydraulic...
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    of turbulence typology is a basic requirement to any successful hydraulic structure design conducive of upstream fish passage. In the coastal plains...
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    Arch-gravity dam (category Concrete buildings and structures)
    the structure and the cost of construction compared to purely gravity dams. Arch dams and arch-gravity dams are most commonly used in hydraulic structures...
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    A hydraulic ram pump, ram pump, or hydram is a cyclic water pump powered by hydropower. It takes in water at one "hydraulic head" (pressure) and flow...
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  • properties of liquids. Hydraulic may also refer to: London Hydraulic Power Company, a London, England power company, closed in 1977 Hydraulic circuit, a system...
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    French drain (category Hydraulic structures)
    A French drain (also called a weeping tile, trench drain, filter drain, blind drain, rubble drain, rock drain, drain tile, perimeter drain, land drain...
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    Spillway (category Hydraulic structures)
    Hydraulic Structures: a Challenge to Engineers and Researchers, Proceedings of the International Junior Researcher and Engineer Workshop on Hydraulic...
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    Hydraulic rescue tools, also known as jaws of life, are used by emergency rescue personnel to assist in the extrication of victims involved in vehicle...
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    A hydraulic jump is a phenomenon in the science of hydraulics which is frequently observed in open channel flow such as rivers and spillways. When liquid...
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  • the density of the air is so small. Hydraulic structures like weirs or locks often contain moveable steel structures like valves or gates, which are submerged...
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    Hydraulics (redirect from Hydraulic)
    control, and transmission of power by the use of pressurized liquids. Hydraulic topics range through some parts of science and most of engineering modules...
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    Dam (redirect from Hydraulic dam)
    oldest water regulating structures still in use. Roman engineers built dams with advanced techniques and materials, such as hydraulic mortar and Roman concrete...
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    Jack (device) (redirect from Hydraulic jack)
    jack employs a screw thread for lifting heavy equipment. A hydraulic jack uses hydraulic power. The most common form is a car jack, floor jack or garage...
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    A hydraulic fluid or hydraulic liquid is the medium by which power is transferred in hydraulic machinery. Common hydraulic fluids are based on mineral...
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    Parshall flume (category Hydraulic structures)
    the U.S. Soil Conservation Service, the Parshall flume is a fixed hydraulic structure used in measuring volumetric flow rate in surface water, industrial...
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  • September 1939 – 5 February 2023) was a Chinese engineer specializing in hydraulic structure, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Wu was...
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    excavator for demolishing hard (rock or concrete) structures. It is powered by an auxiliary hydraulic system from the excavator, which is fitted with a...
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    Groyne (category Hydraulic engineering)
    A groyne (in the U.S. groin) is a rigid hydraulic structure built perpendicularly from an ocean shore (in coastal engineering) or a river bank, interrupting...
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  • weir. Both structures have different features that characterize how a nappe might flow through or over impervious concrete structures. Hydraulic engineers...
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  • at least seven Kh-22 missiles were launched by Russia at various hydraulic structures in Kryvyi Rih, including a nearby dam. This caused the water level...
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    in open channels, a flume is defined as a specially shaped, fixed hydraulic structure that under free-flow conditions forces flow to accelerate in such...
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    cruise missiles, probably from Tu-95MS bombers, to target various hydraulic structures in Kryvyi Rih. This caused the water level of the Inhulets river...
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    гидротехнических сооружений [Arrangement of the Masurian Canal and its hydraulic structures] (PDF) (in Russian). Kaliningrad Archives. 2017. p. 54. Archived...
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  • Air bubble entrainment (hydraulics) (category Hydraulic structures)
    air–water interface, usually parallel to the flow direction. In hydraulic structures, free-surface aeration is commonly observed: i.e., the white waters...
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    includes external flow such as around buildings, vehicles, people, or hydraulic structures. Wind tunnel and water tunnel testing is often used for these design...
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    Sassanid era. It consists of 13 dams, bridges, canals and structures which work together as a hydraulic system. Located in Iran's Khuzestan Province. It was...
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