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Originally Posted by unclebilly View Post
How does the V shape work better than a U shape for a dam? I thought is was all down to hydrostatic pressure.

P=densityxgravityxdepth
Just a WAG but it seems that the V presents less surface area than the U so less pressure on the wall.
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