hydraulic
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"Predicting the extent of such mega-floods is very difficult," says Prof. Günter Blöschl from the Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management at TU Wien, who led the project.
From Science Daily • Nov. 10, 2023
Hydraulic brakes brought the bike to a swift stop at the bottom of a steep slope in the park.
From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2022
Hydraulic fracturing - fracking - is a technique for recovering gas and oil from shale rock.
From BBC • Sep. 22, 2022
Hydraulic fracturing involves shooting at high pressure a mix of water, sand and chemicals deep underground to extract oil and natural gas.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2020
Hydraulic engineering was a major concern for the first engineers, such as Leonardo, and consequently an immediate one for Galileo and his disciples.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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