A laboratory model of a river is built to a geometric scale of 1:00. The fluid used in the model is oil of mass density 900 kg/m³. The heighest flood in the river is 10,000 m³/s. The corresponding discharge in the model shall be

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A laboratory model of a river is built to a geometric scale of 1:00. The fluid used in
the model is oil of mass density 900 kg/m³. The heighest flood in the river is
10,000 m³/s. The corresponding discharge in the model shall be
Transcribed Image Text:A laboratory model of a river is built to a geometric scale of 1:00. The fluid used in the model is oil of mass density 900 kg/m³. The heighest flood in the river is 10,000 m³/s. The corresponding discharge in the model shall be
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