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rate of momentum discharge  
« on: Jun 7th, 2005, 6:40am »
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hey guys,  
 
having some trouble with this question i have.. can someone give me some pointers on how to solve this? or the answer if u want Wink  
 
A fireman holds a water nozzle. The diameter of the nozzle is 0.065999m and the water exit velocity is 6.2m/s. If the density of the water is 1016 kg/m^3, what is the rate of momentum discharge from the nozzle?
 
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« Reply #1 on: Jun 7th, 2005, 10:14am »
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1 s of water is 6.2 x  pi x (0.065999/2)^2 m3 ~= 0.02121 m3
 
0.02121 m3/s *  1016 kg/m3 ~= 21.55 kg/s
 
21.55 kg/s * 6.2 m/s ~= 133.6 (kg m/s)/s
 
Though frankly I'm just guessing at what 'rate of momentum discharge' means.
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« Reply #2 on: Jun 7th, 2005, 6:23pm »
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on Jun 7th, 2005, 10:14am, towr wrote:
Though frankly I'm just guessing at what 'rate of momentum discharge' means.

 
Yes - the framer of this question should be slapped a few times and told to speak proper technical English, not self-created jargon.
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« Reply #3 on: Jun 7th, 2005, 8:45pm »
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on Jun 7th, 2005, 10:14am, towr wrote:
1 s of water is 6.2 x  pi x (0.065999/2)^2 m3 ~= 0.02121 m3
 
0.02121 m3/s *  1016 kg/m3 ~= 21.55 kg/s
 
21.55 kg/s * 6.2 m/s ~= 133.6 (kg m/s)/s
 
Though frankly I'm just guessing at what 'rate of momentum discharge' means.

 
omg, that's exactly what i did and i kept gettin it wrong Sad i was getting something around 534 :S but i can't see what you did difference.
 
The units are kgm/s2 correct?
 
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« Reply #4 on: Jun 8th, 2005, 2:40am »
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Yes, or in other words N, newton.
I put it explicitly as moment per second, as that seems to be what was asked for.
It should just be equal to the force with which the water is pushed out of the hose.
 
Oh, and as for what you did wrong. You seem to be off a factor 4. Which is neatly explained if you used the diameter of the nozzle instead of the radius (half the diameter) in the calculation.
pi r2 = 1/4 pi d2
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« Reply #5 on: Jun 8th, 2005, 2:55am »
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on Jun 8th, 2005, 2:40am, towr wrote:
Oh, and as for what you did wrong. You seem to be off a factor 4. Which is neatly explained if you used the diameter of the nozzle instead of the radius (half the diameter) in the calculation.
pi r2 = 1/4 pi d2

 
 
omg, what a silly silly mistake!!!  Embarassed Embarassed Embarassed
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« Reply #6 on: Jun 8th, 2005, 4:04am »
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Meh, beats mistaking feet for meters (or vice versa) and crashing a satellite into mars.  Grin
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