When a liquid drains through a hole in a container, a vortex may form between the surface and the drainage hole. An interesting phenomenon occurs in the presence of two drainage holes. Only one vortex forms, while the other hole will mostly drain as sink flow. In addition, the vortex can switch between one hole and the other with regular periodicity. The primary goal of this study is to measure this periodicity under varying conditions (height of water in the container, diameter of the drainage holes, and distance between drainage holes). Additionally, a study concerning the volume flow rates of vortical vs. sink flow out of the drainage holes was conducted. In the case of two drainage holes, when the height of the water was decreased in the container, the diameter of drainage holes decreased, or the distance between drainage holes was increased, the switching period was shown to decrease. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2020. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fau.edu/oai:fau.digital.flvc.org:fau_44458 |
| Contributors | Stankovic, Radivoje (author), Su, Tsung-Chow (Thesis advisor), Florida Atlantic University (Degree grantor), Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science |
| Publisher | Florida Atlantic University |
| Source Sets | Florida Atlantic University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation, Text |
| Format | 43 p., online resource |
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