Water Tower Project

 Our project team designed and built a gravity-driven water tower that balanced structural stability with fluid performance. The goal was to optimize the tower height and nozzle diameter to maximize both endurance and jet power in a head-to-head competition, where teams used their water streams to push a block along a track. The truss-based tower, featuring 3D-printed joints and cross-bracing, minimized buckling while supporting a raised reservoir that discharged through an optimized 7.62 mm nozzle. Using Python models based on pump data and Torricelli’s law, we predicted the system’s fill and discharge behavior. The final design achieved a flow rate of 0.149 L/s, maintained structural stability under load, and advanced to the semifinal round of the competition.