One thing I do know that might be relevant to your interest: about currents. Time was, scientists thought that water flow would always be predictable, that you could begin with smooth flow, add new currents one by one, and get gradually-more-complex but still calculable compound sine waves as a result.
Then they tried it in a tunnel (like a wind tunnel, only for water). One source of water = one smooth current. Two sources of water = choppier, added-sine-wave current. Three sources of water = turbulence: an immediate nonlinear transition to real, chaotic, unpredictable, full-on turbulence.
So that would be the theoretical underpinning of a Hell Gate.
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Date: 7 Nov 2012 06:14 am (UTC)Then they tried it in a tunnel (like a wind tunnel, only for water). One source of water = one smooth current. Two sources of water = choppier, added-sine-wave current. Three sources of water = turbulence: an immediate nonlinear transition to real, chaotic, unpredictable, full-on turbulence.
So that would be the theoretical underpinning of a Hell Gate.