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Draining time of a uniform tank through a siphon
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Draining time of a uniform tank through a siphon
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Created
2026-09-24
Updated
2026-09-24
If
a
tank and siphon tube have
areas
A
and
a
, the tube outlet is
H
below an
inlet
initially submerged by
h
0
, and both
free
boundaries are at atmospheric
pressure
, continuity and Bernoulli'
s
equation
give
t
=
2
(
a
2
A
2
−
1
)
1/2
g
H
+
h
0
−
H
(1)
for the
free surface
to reach the
inlet
.
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