An undershot waterwheel consists of a series of flat vanes, mounted radially on a wheel of large diameter, which are struck normally by a jet of water 0.3 m in diameter. If the velocity of the water leaving the nozzle is 7.5 m/s and the velocity of the vanes is 4.8 m/s, determine: The force exerted by the jet on the vanes; The work done per second; 3. The hydraulic efficiency.

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An undershot waterwheel consists of a series of flat vanes, mounted radially on a wheel of large diameter, which are struck normally by a jet of water 0.3 m in diameter. If the velocity of the water leaving the nozzle is 7.5 m/s and the velocity of the vanes is 4.8 m/s, determine:

  1. The force exerted by the jet on the vanes;
  2. The work done per second;

3. The hydraulic efficiency.

 

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