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As a team, we worked in MathCAD to calculate the distance that the jets of water coming into the LFOM would travel inside the LFOM. If we discover that a bucket inserted into the LFOM below the orifices can catch the jets before they hit the water, the bucket theory will be a viable option. We determined that all but the top three jets of water would in fact hit the far wall of the LFOM before reaching any size bucket that we could place in the LFOM. This eliminated both the teacup theory and the variation on that theory as possible solutions. The MathCAD file is attached. (what was the purpose of doing this?)
After eliminating both bucket theories, we decided that testing the last two designs in a lab would not be difficult and would give more realistic, tangible results than our calculations.
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