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I am hoping that there are some folks in this group who might be well
versed in the construction of commerical fountains. We were in Las Vegas last weekend at the Embassy Suites Hotel next to the Convention Center. In the lobby of the hotel was a very interesting fountain with a feature that I would like to be able to copy in my own fountains. What was special about this fountain was the amazing appearance of the water jets. The water projected from rim of the circular fountain towards the center in streams about 3/4 of an inch in diameter, arcing up at about a 45 degree angle. There were perhaps a 16 of these arced streams around the circle, but what was special about them was their perfectly round shape, that was never disturbed or distorted as the streams arced into the pond. At their largest, the arc was perhaps six feet high and shot six feet in distance. (The streams changed constantly in some computer programmed pattern.) Normally, water under enough pressure to "shoot" that far will be turbulent to some degree - The stream will break up and distort to at least some degree. But in this fountain, the streams of water never varied in diamter, never changed shape, had no air entrained in them, the streams never broke or changed shape in the slightest from the point where the water exited the nozzle until it impacted the pond. How do they do that? It was lovely to see. Is it an additive in the water to increase surfact tension? (It almost looked like viscous oil, but I touched a stream and it sure felt like ordinary water.) My step-son thinks it is a matter of the shape and polish of the nozzle. Any experienced fountain designed that will share the secrets of this trick? |
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