Chapter 7 · 6 hours
Momentum principle and flow analysis
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- 2078 Kartik · 9 marks
The diameter of a pipe-bend is 300 mm at inlet and 150 mm at outlet and the flow is turned through 120° in a vertical plane. The axis at inlet is horizontal and the center of outlet section is 1.4 m below the center of inlet section. The total volume of fluid contained in the bend is 0.085 m³. Neglecting friction, calculate the magnitude and direction of the net force exerted on the bend by water flowing through it at 0.23 m³/s when the inlet gauge pressure is 140 kPa. Take head loss in the bend as , where V = velocity at inlet pipe.
Similar questions: Force on 120° bend, 300 lps (2076 Asoj)
Answer
Given: m, m, deflection , m³/s, outlet 1.4 m below inlet, volume of fluid in bend m³, kPa (gauge), .
inlet 1 ---> [ bend ]
(horizontal) \ 120 deg
\
v outlet 2 (1.4 m lower)
Take along the inlet flow and upward. The outlet velocity direction is from the inlet direction, pointing downward: unit vector .
Velocities and outlet pressure
Forces
- (in )
- (acts opposite to the outlet flow direction, i.e. along )
- Weight of fluid (downward)
- kg/s
Momentum equation (forces on fluid, = force of the bend on fluid):
The force exerted by the water on the bend is the opposite of :
Answer: net force on the bend kN, acting at above the horizontal (in the direction of the inlet flow), with kN and kN upward.
- 2076 Asoj · 8 marks
The diameter of a pipe bend is 300 mm at inlet and 150 mm at outlet and the flow is turned through 120° in vertical plane, the axis of inlet is horizontal and the centre of the outlet section is 1.5 below the centre of the inlet section, the total volume of fluid contained in the bend is 0.09 m³. Neglecting friction, calculate the magnitude and direction of the force exerted by the water on the bend by the water flowing through it at 300 lps when the inlet pressure is 130 KPa.
Similar questions: Force on 120° pipe bend, 0.23 m³/s (2078 Kartik)
Answer
Given: m, m, deflection in a vertical plane, inlet horizontal, outlet 1.5 m below the inlet, volume of fluid m³, L/s m³/s, kPa (gauge). Friction is neglected.
1 ---> [ bend ]
\ 120 deg
\
v 2 (1.5 m lower)
Take along the inlet flow, upward. Outlet direction: .
Velocities and outlet pressure
Bernoulli (no loss):
Forces
- kg/s
Momentum equation ( = force of the bend on the water):
The force exerted by the water on the bend is N, with N and N:
Answer: the force of water on the bend kN, acting at about above the horizontal in the direction of the inlet flow ( kN, kN upward).
- 2079 Baisakh · 3+3 marks
A jet of the water, 50 mm in diameter, is striking normally with velocity of 50 m/s at the center of the plate which is hinged at its top edge and a horizontal external force is applied at the bottom edge to keep it vertical. What should be the amount of the applied force? If the force is removed what will be the angle of inclination of the plate with vertical for equilibrium condition?
Answer
Given: jet mm, m/s, m². The plate is hinged at the top, and the jet strikes it normally at its centre.
Force required to hold the plate vertical
Force of the jet on the plate (normal to a flat plate at rest):
This acts at the centre (distance from the hinge, where is the plate length). Taking moments about the hinge, with the horizontal force applied at the bottom edge (distance ):
Angle of inclination when the force is removed
If the force is removed, the plate swings out by an angle from the vertical. Equilibrium requires the moment of the jet force about the hinge to equal the moment of the plate weight (acting at the plate's centre of gravity, from the hinge).
The jet strikes at a distance along the plate from the hinge, with (jet at fixed height). The normal force on an inclined plate is (the jet makes angle with the plate).
The weight of the plate is needed and is not given. For example, if kN: , so . If the plate weight is neglected, nothing resists the jet and the plate would swing up towards the horizontal ().
Answer: applied force kN; the angle follows from (e.g. for kN).
- 2078 Bhadra · 6 marks
A stream of air at standard condition from 2 cm dia. nozzle strikes a curved vane as shown in figure. A stagnation pitot tube connected to water-filled U-tube manometer is located in the nozzle exit plane. Calculate the speed of the air leaving the nozzle. Estimate the horizontal component of force exerted on the vane by the jet. [Figure: air flowing through a 2 cm diameter nozzle; stagnation tube connected to a water U-tube with 7 cm reading; free air jet deflected by a fixed vane through 30° at exit]
Answer
Given: nozzle cm, standard air kg/m³, water manometer reading cm (water kg/m³). The jet is deflected by the fixed vane through and leaves at the same speed (no friction).
Speed of the air from the pitot reading
A stagnation pitot tube in the nozzle exit plane (where static pressure is atmospheric) reads the dynamic pressure:
Horizontal force on the vane
The jet enters horizontally with velocity and leaves at to the horizontal with the same speed (pressure atmospheric everywhere, so only momentum flux matters). Taking along the incoming jet:
where is the force on the vane in the direction of the incoming jet.
Answer: speed of air m/s; horizontal force on the vane N in the direction of the jet. (Equivalently .)
- 2076 Chaitra · 6 marks
Two large tanks containing water have small smoothy orifices of equal area. A jet of liquid issues from the left tank. Assume the flow is uniform and unaffected by friction. The jet impinges on the vertical flat plate covering the opening of the right tank. Determine the minimum value for height, h, required to keep the plate in place over the opening of the right tank. [Figure: left tank with water head h above its orifice; right tank with constant head H; jet of liquid from left orifice hitting a plate over the right orifice]
Answer
Setup: The left tank has water head above its orifice; the right tank has head above its orifice (water depth in the right tank is large and constant). Both orifices have equal area . The plate covers the right orifice and is kept in place only by the jet.
Force of the jet
By Torricelli's theorem, the jet speed is . The jet strikes the vertical plate normally and loses all its horizontal momentum:
(If the jet area is at the vena contracta, the same expression applies for small smooth orifices.)
Force from the water in the right tank
The water pressure acts on the plate covering the orifice, trying to push it away. Taking the pressure at the orifice (small area) as :
Condition to keep the plate in place
Answer: the minimum height is , i.e. the head in the left tank must be at least half of the head in the right tank.
- 2076 Chaitra · 6 marks
Water enters two armed sprinkler vertically at rate of 10 litre/sec, and leaves the nozzle horizontally. The diameter of both the nozzle is 12 mm. Calculate the torque required to hold the arm stationary. [Figure: sprinkler arms with = 60 cm and = 20 cm, = 60° at jet 1 and 60° at jet 2, shaft torque and angular speed ]
Answer
Given: total flow L/s m³/s entering vertically at the axis; two equal nozzles of mm; m, m; jets leave horizontally at to the tangential direction (assumed from the figure). Arm held stationary (). Both jets give torque in the same sense.
Jet velocity
Nozzles are equal, so each nozzle carries m³/s:
Torque
Water enters along the axis with zero angular momentum. Angular momentum leaving: . Torque needed to hold the arm rate of change of angular momentum:
Individually: jet 1 gives 66.3 N·m and jet 2 gives 22.1 N·m.
Answer: torque required to hold the sprinkler stationary N·m. (This is the torque the sprinkler would exert if free; if the angle were measured from the arm, replace by .)
- 2075 Chaitra · 3+3+4 marks
A jet of water with a velocity U and jet area A strikes a flat plate normal to it. Determine the force of impingement, power developed and efficiency (i) when the plate is at rest. (ii) when the plate is permitted to move along the direction of a velocity u. Also determine condition of maximum possible efficiency. (iii) what would be the possible maximum efficiency if series of plates were to face the jet in quick succession?
Answer
Notation: jet velocity , area , density . The kinetic power available in the jet is .
(i) Plate at rest
A stationary plate receives a force but does no work, so its efficiency is zero (the jet's energy is carried away as kinetic energy of the deflected sheet).
(ii) Plate moving with velocity u in the direction of the jet
Only the relative velocity hits the plate, and the mass flow striking the plate is :
Condition for maximum efficiency:
(iii) Series of plates (e.g. wheel with many vanes)
With plates arriving in quick succession, the whole jet discharge is used, not just :
| Case | Force | Max efficiency | At |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed plate | 0 | all | |
| Single moving plate | 29.6 % | ||
| Series of plates | 50 % |
Answer: (i) , , ; (ii) , , maximum at ; (iii) at .
- 2075 Asoj · 8 marks
Water flows into atmosphere through a vertical bend nozzle assembly as shown in figure below. The pipe diameter is 10 cm and nozzle exit diameter is 5 cm. The rate of flow of water is 2400 lpm. The interior volume of the assembly is 18.2 litres. The head loss in the bend is and in the nozzle it is , where V is the velocity of water in the pipe. Compute the hydrodynamic force on the system. [Figure: vertical pipe of 10 cm diameter turning through a bend to a horizontal nozzle with exit diameter 5 cm; 5 m vertical distance marked]
Answer
Given: pipe m, nozzle exit m, L/min m³/s, volume of assembly L m³, head loss in bend and in nozzle ( = velocity in the pipe).
Assumed from the figure: water flows upward in the vertical pipe, passes a bend and leaves through a horizontal nozzle into the atmosphere, 5 m above the inlet section.
exit ====> (nozzle, d = 5 cm)
|
| 5 m
|
^ inlet 1 (pipe d = 10 cm, flow up)
Velocities
Inlet pressure (Bernoulli with losses)
(using m, m).
Momentum equation
- (up, on the inlet face)
- (down)
- kg/s. Inlet velocity ; exit velocity .
Forces on the fluid ( = force of the assembly on the fluid):
The hydrodynamic force exerted by the water on the assembly is the opposite of :
Answer: the hydrodynamic force on the system kN, directed upward and backwards (against the jet), at above the horizontal, with components 0.815 kN opposite to the jet and 2.19 kN upward.
- 2075 Asoj · 5 marks
When a jet of fluid strikes series of semicircular vanes, show that the maximum efficiency of the system is 1.
Answer
When a jet strikes a series of vanes, the whole jet discharge () is used on the moving vanes, because new vanes keep replacing the old ones. The efficiency is the work done on the vanes divided by the kinetic energy supplied by the jet. For semicircular vanes it reaches a maximum of 1 (100%) when the vane speed is .
Setup
Let = jet velocity, = vane velocity (same direction), = jet area. Take the vanes as smooth, so the relative speed is unchanged.
jet V --> ____
============>/ \ vane moves
\____/ -> u
- Relative velocity at inlet: .
- The semicircular vane turns the jet through , so the relative velocity at exit is in the opposite direction.
- Absolute exit velocity along the jet: .
Force and work
Mass flow striking the series of vanes = .
Efficiency
Input power (kinetic energy of the jet per second) .
Condition for maximum
The second derivative is , so this is a maximum.
Hence the maximum efficiency is 1 (100%) at . At this speed the exit absolute velocity is , so the jet leaves with no kinetic energy and all of its energy is given to the vanes.
- 2074 Asoj · 8 marks
Ignoring friction losses, calculate the magnitude and direction of resultant force, exerted on the bend when water discharges at the atmosphere as shown in figure below. Both nozzles discharge water with a velocity of 20 m/sec. Consider the axes of the pipe and the nozzles lie in a horizontal plane. [Figure: pipe with inlet velocity branching into a straight outlet = 12 cm () and a branch = 10 cm () at 60° to the axis]
Answer
The resultant force is found by applying the Bernoulli equation to get the inlet pressure and then the momentum equation in the and directions. The result is about 3.71 kN, acting at about to the inlet axis.
Assumptions
The figure does not give the inlet diameter, so I take cm. The inlet pipe lies along the -axis, nozzle 2 ( cm) continues straight, and nozzle 3 ( cm) leaves at to the axis. The plane is horizontal, so weight does not matter. Both nozzles discharge to the atmosphere, so (gauge). .
/ --> V3 (d3, 60 deg)
V1, p1 ------->(
\ --> V2 (d2, straight)
Discharges and inlet velocity
Inlet pressure (Bernoulli, no losses)
Momentum equation (force of bend on fluid, , )
The force exerted on the bend by the water is equal and opposite:
Answer: kN, directed below the inlet axis (away from the branch side), pushing the bend along the flow direction.
- 2073 Shrawan · 5+3 marks
A 5 cm diameter jet delivering 56 liters of water per sec impinges without shock on a series of vanes moving at 12 m/s in the same direction as the jet. The vanes are curved so that they would, if stationary, deflect the jet through an angle of 135°. Fluid resistance reduces the relative velocity at exit from the vanes to 0.90 of that at entrance. Determine (a) the magnitude and direction of the resultant force on the vanes (b) The work done per second by the vanes.
Answer
For a series of vanes the whole jet discharge is used, so the force follows from the change of momentum in the direction of the jet and perpendicular to it. The resultant force is about 1.62 kN at to the jet, and the work done is about 18.2 kW.
Given
cm, , m/s, deflection , , .
Velocities
Exit velocity triangle
Vr2 at 135 deg to jet direction
Vx2 = u + Vr2 cos135 = 12 - 10.51 = 1.49 m/s
Vy2 = Vr2 sin135 = 10.51 m/s
(a) Force on the vanes
The jet is turned upward, so the force on the vanes has a component along the jet and a component of 589 N downward.
Answer (a): kN, at below the direction of the jet.
(b) Work done per second
Only does work, because the vanes move along the jet direction.
Answer (b): about 18.2 kW.
- 2072 Chaitra · 8 marks
A 120° bend-cum reducer has 300 mm diameter at inlet and 200 mm diameter at the outlet end. When the bend-cum reducer carries 0.30 m³/s of water, pressure at section 1 (inlet) is 210 kN/m². Assume no energy losses in the bend and determine the components of force exerted by the bend on the flow. Assume the weight of the bend plus water in it to be 1500 N. Assume section 2 (outlet) to be 0.40 m above sections 1 (inlet).
Answer
Apply Bernoulli between the two sections to find , then apply the momentum equation in the and directions on the water in the bend.
Assumptions
The bend lies in a vertical plane. Inlet flow is along (horizontal). "120° bend" means the flow is turned through , so the outlet velocity makes with the inlet direction and points upward (, ). N acts downward. .
^ y 2 (outlet, 0.4 m higher)
| /
| / 120 deg from inlet direction
1 -----> +-------+--------> x
Velocities and pressures
Forces: N, N. Momentum flux: N, N.
Momentum equations (forces by bend on fluid)
Resultant
Answer: kN (opposite to inlet flow), kN (upward); resultant kN at to the axis. The force on the bend is equal and opposite.
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