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Hi everyone. My dad was debating with his friends over something, and he asked me for my opinion too. I've been on these forums before so I thought I'd ask here. So let's say you have two pipes. Both have the same cross-sectional area, same fluid inside, and they both extend to the same height...

I think it's happened a few times, once it was the top bar thing snapping off and others it was the tube busting/cracking. I don't know all the details, but I just know they have been doing some "math" and coming up with different things and arguing. Whatever is going on with the system is their...

Hello, first of all, this isn't a homework/school related question. Long story short, my father works for a chemical plant and a few of their valve/piston/transfer system things have been breaking, which he assumes is because of too much force. With everyone in a dispute and doing their own...