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Originally posted by airspirit
Skulemate? You out there?
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Yeah, I am, but for problems like these I'm afraid I am not much use. I'm afraid that most of the fluids I use is pretty simple stuff... I try to stick to figuring out simple stuff like flow and head loss using Bernoulli, or Hazen-Williams as my equations of choice. Unfortunately, until I take some further courses in fluids, I'm useless for stuff like this whirlpool block of yours. You're better off talking to myv65.
However, I'll throw out a suggestion anyways: why not add small fins inside the block to "encourage" the water to take the circular path that you desire? If these are kept small they shouldn't hurt flow too much, and if you keep the leading edges sharp (like a knife edge) it'll minimize stagnant flow... what do you think?