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🏞️ Hydroelectric Dam Cutaway: Reservoir Balance, Spillway Gates, Penstocks and Four Francis Units — 2D Section, Phase Plane and Turbine Hill

2D companion of the hydroelectric dam lab: cross-section with pressure arrows, phase plane of the reservoir level, time series and the Francis turbine hill.

Power Engineering2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

⚙ Under the hood

2D companion of the hydroelectric dam lab: a side cross-section with hydrostatic pressure arrows, penstock and spillway flows, a level versus rate-of-change phase plane, time series and the Francis turbine efficiency hill. Uses the same physics module as the 3D version.

HydropowerDamReservoirSpillwayFrancis Turbine

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install