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Originally Posted by bigben2k
The statement about the ellipse is correct, but I don't believe that it applies to fluid dynamics, especially not in this particular case (but then what do I know?  ).
As has been doscovered by many people now, The cascade is easy to imitate, but very difficult to reproduce: there's a fine balance between jets and cups that must be tested, to find an optimal configuration (again, if you have money/venture capital, *call me* !!!  ).
Cathar has been trying to get more jets, but is hitting close to fabrication limits, if he hasn't hit them: 100 jet may be possible, but it's not going to be easy.
Good luck, and keep us posted! |
Yeah, I kind of figured I didn't really know what I was talking about :-p But I'm aware of what Cathar's been up to, and he's been trying to increase the number of jets to ~150. I'm not trying for nearly as many. Even so, that's not really the only change I made. What do you think of the idea of essentially lopping off one end of the waterblock? Also, what do you mean by "again, if you have money/venture capital, *call me* !!!
" ? And still, Am I ripping off yours and Cathar's designs?
-I almost forgot- The reason I figured that the ellipse technique would work was because the water is at such high velocity near the jets, that though the streams would be turbulent, they would still be *vaguely* laminar. That's why I said that the ellipse shape would "help" push it along. I don't expect it to do a ton of work, but anything helps, I suppose.