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>Recently there's been discussion of drain hole sizes for flooded boats.
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> Flow rate (cubic inches/second) = 0.74 x Area x square root (2 x g x h)
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>g = 386 in/sec/sec
>h = head in inches at any instant
>gallon conversion: 235.2 cubic inches to the gallon
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>Multiply flow rate by 60 and divide by 235 to get gpm.
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>Simplifying:
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>Flow rate (gpm) = .1889 x Area x square root (772 x h)
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So what you're saying is, bigger holes flow more water? :) fascinating :)
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