Water enters the horizontal, circular cross-sectional, sudden contraction nozzle sketched in the hgure belów at sec uniformly V, of 18 ft/s and a pressure P, of 88 psi. The water exits from the nozzle into the atmosphere at section (2) where the uniformly distributed velocity V2 is 72 ft/s. Determine the magnitude of the axial component of the anchoring force required to hold the contraction in place. Assume P, -O psi, D 3 in. Section (2) Pa Section (1) Ib

Water enters the horizontal, circular cross-sectional, sudden contraction nozzle sketched in the hgure belów at sec uniformly V, of 18 ft/s and a pressure P, of 88 psi. The water exits from the nozzle into the atmosphere at section (2) where the uniformly distributed velocity V2 is 72 ft/s. Determine the magnitude of the axial component of the anchoring force required to hold the contraction in place. Assume P, -O psi, D 3 in. Section (2) Pa Section (1) Ib