01 / PERSPECTIVECAMERA
03 / WATER ENGINEERINGLIVE EXPERIMENT
Raise the modeled water and see how storage volume and lateral pressure change.
EMPTY / 0 m8 m
995 kg/m³1,025 kg/m³
STORED VOLUME0m³ · geometric approximation
BOTTOM PRESSURE0kPa · gauge
WALL THRUST0kN per metre of wall
INDEPENDENT CHECK0kN/m · numerical integral
Numerical and analytic checks agree.
04 / ATMOSPHEREVISUAL STUDY
05 / CURATOR NOTESINSPECT
FIELD NOTE / 01
336 columns, twelve rows
The rectangular chamber is supported by 12 rows of 28 stone columns, with reused capitals and varied stonework. Select a point on the model to examine its engineering role.
DOCUMENTED ARRANGEMENTThe science behind the reservoir
The model uses a 138 × 65 m rectangle, 336 columns and approximately 9 m high supports, consistent with published descriptions. The 0.85 m effective column diameter is an illustrative average, not a survey value.
Volume: V = (L × W − Nπr²) × h. A uniform plan and cylindrical supports are assumed; actual walls, bases, recesses and sediment are more complex.
Gauge pressure: p = ρgh. Horizontal force per metre of straight wall: F = ½ρgh². This assumes still incompressible water and a vertical wall; it does not assess historic masonry strength or soil stress.
Independent check: an 80-strip midpoint integration of pressure with depth is displayed alongside the formula force. Agreement is a mathematics check, not engineering validation.
Documented: purpose as water storage, location, approximate size, column grid, vaulted brick construction and use of reused stonework. Scholarly reconstruction: repeated bay geometry, masonry proportions and generic capitals. Artistic interpretation: detailed patina, cutaway ground, lighting and moving water. The simulated water level is variable and does not claim a historical fill state. The season and time-of-day views are colour studies, not reconstructions of a documented illumination or weather event.
Educational reconstruction; details marked as reconstruction are interpretive.
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