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Friction increase on Aluminium/Steel interface due to water
G'day all, My question is simple: We have a situation where steel is sliding across aluminium. When the "system" is dry the steel slides reasonabley well across the aluminium, but once the system is wet the friction appears to increase and the steel won't slide across the aluminium...- Robski
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- Forum: Metal and Metallurgy engineering
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Water temperature change due to sun light
G'day, I am after a formulae set or model that will calculate the temperature change of a body of water of given dimensions due to the radiant heat transfer from the sun. I have just installed some cooling towers that output the cooled water into a large storage pond. This pond may be...- Robski
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- Forum: Heat Transfer & Thermodynamics engineering
