170 4 Perfect Flow
The area of the entering liquid jet is A , and 31 of the flow rate of the
entering liquid jet is deflected downward (to the direction
٤
2
). Examine
the following cases:
(i) Determine the force acting on the deflector and the direction of the
force when the deflector is stationary in the inertial reference frame.
(ii) Determine the force acting on the deflector, and the direction of the
force and the power of the deflector, when the deflector is moved to the di-
rection of the liquid jet with an absolute velocity u in the inertial reference
frame.
(iii) Determine the physical parameters, if a series of deflectors (a cascade)
are in action. Also describe a certain type of turbomachinery if the theory
is applied in engineering practice, and estimate the kinetic energy given to
run the machinery.
Note that the density of the liquid is
, which it is kept constant
throughout the process.
Ans.
The exercise is the application of the integral form of the momentum
equation over the control volume, which appears to preclude an integral
part of analysis for turbomachines, such as turbines, pumps, compressors,
and so forth.
(i) Let us consider the control volume on the deflector as illustrated in Fig.
4.24(a), defining the exiting velocities
1
v and
2
v from upward ٤
1
and
downward
٤
2
flow respectively. Denote that the forces acting on the con-
trol volume are
x
f and
y
f in
direction and y direction respectively,
where the entering direction of the liquid jet is in
direction. From Eq.
(4.1.47), the forces are
x
fvvmvvm coscos
2211
(1)
y
fvmvm 0sin0sin
2211
(2)
where for the mass flow rate
1
m
and
2
m
, we have given conditions
᧤vAQm
3
2
3
2
1
UU
(3)
᧤vAQm
3
1
3
1
2
UU
(4)
D
D
D
D