TIDE POLE

A graduated spar used for measuring the rise and fall of the tide. Also called TIDE STAFF.

Related Terms

CAMBER

The rise of a deck, athwartship

camber rise athwartship

HEAVE

The oscillatory vertical rise and fall, due to the entire hull being lifted by the force of the sea. Also called HEAVING

heave hull force rise vertical

A type of filter capacity test in which a clogging contaminant is added to the influent of a filter, under specified test conditions, to produce a given rise in pressure drop across the filter or until a specified reduction of flow is reached. Filter life may be expressed as test time required to reach terminal conditions at a specified contaminant addition rate.

filter_life_test filter_capacity_test contaminant pressure_drop time rate pressure flow filter test capacity terminal rise

CAPILLARITY

A property of a solid-liquid system manifested by the tendency of the liquid in contact with the solid to rise above or fall below the level of the surrounding liquid; this phenomenon is seen in a small bore (capillary) tube.

capillarity liquid tube solid level system contact property rise bore fall phenomenon tendency to_rise

HEIGHT OF TIDE

Vertical distance from the chart sounding datum to the water surface at any stage of the tide. It is positive if the water level is higher than the chart sounding datum. The vertical distance from the chart sounding datum to a high water datum is called RISE OF TIDE.

height_of_tide water surface chart water_level distance level datum rise vertical chart_sounding_datum high high_water stage

RAMP RATE

Ramp rate is used in bringing a turbine up to operating temperature and is the degrees Celsius rise per hour that metal surfaces are exposed to when bringing a machine to rated conditions. Manufacturers specify ramp rates or their machines in order to avoid thermal stresses. Thermocouples are used in measuring metal temperatures.

ramp_rate turbine thermal_stress temperature metal ramp celsius rate rise machine thermocouples

TIDE

The periodic rise and fall of water level in the oceans.

tide water water_level level rise fall

DEADRISE

The design angle of the hull at the keel relative to horizontal when viewing the cross section, or the distance of rise from the keel to a defined point on the hull.

deadrise hull keel distance design angle horizontal relative rise

AUTOMATIC TIDE GAGE

An instrument that automatically registers the rise and fall of the tide. In some instruments, the registration is accomplished by recording the heights at regular intervals in digital format, in others by a continuous graph in which the height versus corresponding time is recorded.

automatic_tide_gage instrument time rise digital fall

NODAL LINE

A line in an oscillating body of water along which there is a minimum or no rise and fall of the tide.

nodal_line water line rise fall