Lab 08 & 09
Momentum Conservation & Drag Forces
Forces on a Vane & Terminal velocities of Spheres
Prepared by:
Eduardo Hernandez
CE 343 – Elementary Hydraulics Laboratory
Professor D.A. Lyn
October 28, 2021
Momentum Conservation & Drag Forces Eduardo Hernandez
Momentum Conservation: Forces on a Vane
Exercise 1
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Zero-degree Vane
Volume
(ft^3)
Elapsed Time
(s)
Flowrate,
Q (ft^3/s)
Jet Velocity
(ft/s)
Pivot Length,
Lw (ft)
Fv
(lb)
(Fv)th
(lb)
0.177
15.760
0.011
14.608
0.583
0.040
0.634
0.177
11.830
0.015
19.460
0.667
0.240
1.125
0.177
0.018
24.056
0.750
0.440
1.719
0.177
20.480
0.009
11.241
0.833
0.640
0.375
0.177
13.580
0.013
16.953
0.917
0.840
0.854
