Orifice plate study in water tunnel

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The discussion focuses on designing an orifice plate for a water tunnel experiment to study fluid dynamics. The user is facing challenges with mounting the orifice plate at the bottom of a rectangular tank, which resembles an aquarium. They have successfully created a holder for the top but need guidance on the bottom installation. Clarification was provided that the tank is open at the top, but further suggestions for mounting the orifice plate are requested. Assistance is sought to overcome the design obstacles.
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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 alot
 

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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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