Draining time of a uniform tank through a siphon

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Draining time of a uniform tank through a siphon by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
If a tank and siphon tube have areas and , the tube outlet is below an inlet initially submerged by , and both free boundaries are at atmospheric pressure, continuity and Bernoulli's equation give
for the free surface to reach the inlet.

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