what's more important is that there is a british dam society, how have i lived 20 years without knowing this?
http://www.trophybassonly.com/id56.htm 'Morning Glory' because it's shaped just like a convulvulus flower, obviously. A 'Glory Hole' in the UK is a cupboard or drawer overflowing with junk, mainly keep-forever paperwork, according to my gran.
"Ever since I was a small child, I can remember being amazed and bewildered by the sight of the Glory Hole, especially when it was flowing." HAHAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
*Snigger* Wireframe, god dammit dude, all you've been doing recently is flaming stuff - if you don't like people's threads, either A) Don't read them, or B) Start your own ****ing thread!
Why would someone bother building something like that rather then just a normal spillway with water that flows over the top of a lower part of a dam? It seems to me that building something like that would be much harder to make and maintain.
Because it looks cool Why did Frank Lloyd Wright design the Guggenheim museum, when he could have made a square building with windows.
Probably because the exit of a glory hole can be placed in a more precise position. Also, having water rush over a small lip in the front of the dam could put a large amount of pressure on one area on the edge of the dam.
right on phat: the circular lip is probably exponentially stronger than a straight or curved one because the pressures will equal out across it's entire surface. also, it is most probably used to propel a turbine generator - so the round spillway leads to less cavitation, and more efficient use of nature to make power. probably leads straight down to a reduction pipe to create pressure to drive the turbines.
Wasn't me! (this time...) Apparantly when I was around 5, I innocently asked my dad why all the cubicles in the toilets at the local park had holes in the walls... *n
I would say fake. there would be no waves near the hole. Notice the center. It should form "straight" lines into the hole. And, if deep enough, the water should swirl. AND (lol), the water level should be lower next to the wall because of the small distance between the wall and the hole. Anyway, if I see something like it, ill let you know...
