As you heat the frozen pipe and the ice plug begins to melt, you want the water to be able to flow through. Running water through the pipe, as cold as it is, will help melt ice in the pipe.

Why pipes burst. When water freezes, it expands in volume by about 9 percent. ... Second, it creates a constant flow of water through pipes and that makes freezing much less likely.

Sicknesses spread as Puvirnituq, Que., struggles to restore water flow through frozen pipe The village's pipeline, which connects the water pumping station to the treatment plant, has been frozen ...

Scientists at the University of Washington have re-created the distinctive spiral shapes of shark intestines in 3D-printed pipes in order to study the unique fluid flow inside the spirals.

Transported through pipes, shear-thickening fluids, such as cornstarch in water or certain concretes, should theoretically solidify when subjected to high pressures. However, this is not observed ...