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•For ideal fluid there would be no shear stress and hence no force
parallel to the plate
What is work done in both cases?
In both the cases, since the plate is held stationary, the
work done by the force exerted by the jet on the plate
is zero
Force exerted by fluid jet on a
moving flat plate
Consider a jet of water issuing from a nozzle strikes a
flat vertical moving plate
Initial velocity V= 0
final velocity V= V sin θ
Force exerted by the jet in the direction of jet
Fx = mass flow rate (initial velocity – final velocity)
= m (V-(-V cos θ)
= mV (1+cos θ)
= ρav.v (1+ cos θ)
Fx= pav2 [1+cos θ]