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to the left (F
Ax
is negative) and up in order to change the direction
of flow of the water from horizontal to vertical. This momentum
change requires a force. If 180°, the water jet is turned back
on itself. This requires no vertical force (F
Az
0), but the hori-
zontal force (F
Ax
23.3 lb) is two times that required if
90°. This horizontal fluid momentum change requires a hor-
izontal force only.
Note that the anchoring force (Eqs. 5, 6) can be written in
terms of the mass flowrate, as
and
In this example exerting a force on a fluid flow resulted in a
change in its direction only (i.e., change in its linear momentum).
F
Az
m
#
V
1
sin
F
Ax
m
#
V
1
11 cos 2
m
#
A
1
V
1
,
F I G U R E E5.10
d
–25
–20
–15
–10
–5
0
5
10
15
F
Ax
or F
Az
,
lb
30 60 90 120 150 180
θ
, deg
F
Ax
F
Az
0
Fluids in the News
Where the plume goes Commercial airliners have wheel brakes
very similar to those on highway vehicles. In fact, antilock brakes
now found on most new cars were first developed for use on air-
planes. However, when landing, the major braking force comes
from the engine rather than the wheel brakes. Upon touchdown, a
piece of engine cowling translates aft and blocker doors drop
down, directing the engine airflow into a honeycomb structure
called a cascade. The cascade reverses the direction of the high-
speed engine exhausts by nearly so that it flows forward. As180°
predicted by the momentum equation, the air passing through the
engine produces a substantial braking force—the reverse thrust.
Designers must know the flow pattern of the exhaust plumes to
eliminate potential problems. For example, the plumes of hot ex-
haust must be kept away from parts of the aircraft where repeated
heating and cooling could cause premature fatigue. Also, the
plumes must not re-enter the engine inlet, or blow debris from the
runway in front of the engine, or envelop the vertical tail. (See
Problem 5.67.)
GIVEN As shown in Fig. E5.11a, water flows through a noz-
zle attached to the end of a laboratory sink faucet with a flowrate
of 0.6 liters/s. The nozzle inlet and exit diameters are 16 and 5
mm, respectively, and the nozzle axis is vertical. The mass of the
nozzle is 0.1 kg. The pressure at section (1) is 464 kPa.
S
OLUTION
Linear Momentum—Weight, Pressure, and Change in Speed
where w is the z direction component of fluid velocity, and the
various parameters are identified in the figure.
Note that the positive direction is considered “up” for the
forces. We will use this same sign convention for the fluid veloc-
ity, w, in Eq. 1. In Eq. 1, the dot product, is for flow
out of the control volume and for flow into the control vol-
ume. For this particular example
(2)
with the used for flow out of the control volume and
used for flow in. To evaluate the control surface integral in Eq. 1,
we need to assume a distribution for fluid velocity, w, and fluid
density, For simplicity, we assume that w is uniformly distrib-
uted or constant, with magnitudes of and over cross-
sectional areas and Also, this flow is incompressible so the
A
2
.A
1
w
2
w
1
r.
“”“”
V ⴢ nˆ dA 0w0 dA
“”
“”V ⴢ nˆ,
E
XAMPLE 5.11
The anchoring force sought is the reaction force between the
faucet and nozzle threads. To evaluate this force we select a con-
trol volume that includes the entire nozzle and the water contained
in the nozzle at an instant, as is indicated in Figs. E5.11a and
E5.11b. All of the vertical forces acting on the contents of this con-
trol volume are identified in Fig. E5.11b. The action of atmos-
pheric pressure cancels out in every direction and is not shown.
Gage pressure forces do not cancel out in the vertical direction and
are shown. Application of the vertical or z direction component of
Eq. 5.22 to the contents of this control volume leads to
0 1flow is steady2
(1) w
w
p
2
A
2
0
0t
冮
cv
wr dV
冮
cs
wrV ⴢ nˆ dA F
A
w
n
p
1
A
1
FIND Determine the anchoring force required to hold the noz-
zle in place.
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