A dam 65 ft wide with a nominal flow rate of 260 ft3/s is to be studied with a scale model 3 ft wide using Froude scaling.   Froude scaling alone can be used for the given test, whereas Reynolds number and Weber number effects can be neglected. True or False

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A dam 65 ft wide with a nominal flow rate of 260 ft3/s is to be studied with a scale model 3 ft wide using Froude scaling.

 

Froude scaling alone can be used for the given test, whereas Reynolds number and Weber number effects can be neglected.

True or False?

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