Recent content by Tom T

Thanks yeah its a complicated situation because buoyancy also affects the car, the heavier the car the more friction it is subjected to on the river channel, reducing the load, thanks for you time tom

So I have a car side ways on to a flow of water moving around 15mph, I imagine there is around 5 square meters of surface area that the water hits, how much load will be applied to the anchor holding the car in the channel.

Hi I am trying to work out the load applied to some anchors used to hold a car stationary in a man made river channel. I know it will be something to do with the surface area and the speed/volume of water. Can anyone help, admittedly I am a practical person not a acaedamic so layman terms...