RES.12-001 | Fall 2024 | Graduate

Topics in Fluid Dynamics

Appendix: Draining a Tank

An planetary explorer standing next to a water tank with a cartoon rocket behind.

Planetary Explorer contemplating a water tank. (Image by the author using ChatGPT-5.)

The objectives of this appendix are to observe and then model the time it takes a gravity-driven outflow to drain a tank. The observations come from a family of experiments that explore the effects of two real-fluid properties of water, surface tension and viscosity. 

Appendix: Draining a Tank (PDF)