A jet of water 250 mm in diameter impinges normally on a flat steel plate. If the discharge is 0.491 m3/s, find the force in Newton exerted by the jet on the stationary plate in Newtons.
A jet of water 250 mm in diameter impinges normally on a flat steel plate. If the discharge is 0.491 m3/s, find the force in Newton exerted by the jet on the stationary plate in Newtons.
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Transcribed Image Text:A jet of water 250 mm in diameter impinges
normally on a flat steel plate. If the discharge is
0.491 m3/s, find the force in Newton exerted
by the jet on the stationary plate in Newtons.

Transcribed Image Text:A jet of water 250 mm in diameter impinges
normally on a flat steel plate. If the discharge is
0.491 m3/s and if the flat plate is moving at 2
m/s in the same direction as that of the jet,
find the force in newtons exerted by the jet on
the plate.
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