Orifice plate study in water tunnel

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The discussion focuses on the design and mounting of an orifice plate for a water tunnel experiment. The user has access to a rectangular water tank, similar to an aquarium, and has successfully mounted a holder for the orifice plate at the top. However, they face challenges in securely attaching the orifice plate at the bottom of the tank. Suggestions and guidelines are sought from the community to overcome this mounting issue.

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I am tasked to design an orifice plate to be inserted into a water tunnel in an experiment and do a research on the dynamics of the fluid movement.

The problem is that the currently water tunnel facility is already available in my lab. The water tank is very similar to a normal aquarium tank and I am having a mental block on how to go about it.

I am able to mount a sort of a holder on top of the tank and the piece of orifice plate and be firmly held in place.

The problem lies in the bottom part of the tank. I had no idea how to mount orifice at the bottom of the tank.

I had attached some of the draft design in this thread. Hope someone can give me some suggestion or guidelines.

Thanks a lot
 

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It's not very clear from your drawing is this a square section tank? And is it open at the top?
 
Hi, I am so sorry for the unclear drawing. It is a rectangular tank with an opening on the top.
 

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