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Weekly Tutorial Assignment Wk6 Solution

The document describes a weekly tutorial assignment involving the flow of water through a fire hose nozzle. It provides the geometry of the nozzle and hose, as well as the pressure and velocity of water flowing in the hose. It asks students to use equations of conservation of mass and momentum to calculate the velocity at the nozzle exit and the force on the flange bolts connecting the nozzle to the hose.

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Weekly Tutorial Assignment Wk6 Solution

The document describes a weekly tutorial assignment involving the flow of water through a fire hose nozzle. It provides the geometry of the nozzle and hose, as well as the pressure and velocity of water flowing in the hose. It asks students to use equations of conservation of mass and momentum to calculate the velocity at the nozzle exit and the force on the flange bolts connecting the nozzle to the hose.

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AMME2261 Weekly Tutorial Assignment

Due at the start of your tutorial class in Wk 6


The nozzle on a large fire hose is connected to the hose by a flange fitting. The geometry is
indicated in the figure below. The gauge pressure and velocity in the hose at a location just
upstream of the nozzle are 1 bar (i.e. 100 kPa) and 5m/s, respectively. The velocity may be
assumed to be uniform across the diameter of the hose and nozzle.
a) Use the integral form of the equation for conservation of mass to find the flow speed
at the nozzle exit.
b) Use the integral form of the equation for conservation of momentum to find the force
on the flange bolts.

Solution:

Why is the force negative?


My assumption in the FBD was that the force would be to the left, but the
negative answer indicates that force is in fact to the right. The flow is
accelerated through the nozzle imparting a momentum on the fluid to the
right which must be balanced by the external forces acting on the control
volume. In this example, the pressure force is not sufficient and so an
additional force must be applied at the flange to hold the nozzle stationary.

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