Re: OK, here's a risk analysis question for you ...

[Dan Kaminsky <dan () doxpara com>]

> I checked it, and while I'm able to reproduce the calculation, I'm not
> able to reproduce the numbers: my results are an order of magnitude and
> change larger.  There could be any number of reasons for that: I might
> have botched the math, or a units conversion, or chosen significantly
> unrealistic values for some of the other parameters required (like
> viscosity or fluid velocity).  Or my fluid mechanics may be rustier
> than I thought.
>
> But that's, I think, just one more reason why we should be dispensing
> with all these estimates in favor of a direct measurement: the Pitot tube
> method should yield a value for total fluid discharge accurate to better
> than 1%.


Yup.  It's an absolutely valid argument that the reason we're stuck with
people pulling numbers out of their butt, is that there's really nowhere
else to pull said numbers from.

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