Question: A reducing elbow in a horizontal pipe is used to deflect water flow by an angle 4 5 from the flow direction while accelerating it

A reducing elbow in a horizontal pipe is used to deflect water flow by an angle 45 from the flow direction while accelerating it. The mass flow rate through the pipe m=31.6kgs. The elbow discharges water into the atmosphere. The cross-sectional area of the elbow is A1=141cm2 at the inlet and A2=25cm2 at the exit. The elevation difference between the centers of the exit and the inlet is h=43.0cm. The mass of the elbow and the water in it is 53 kg. Determine the magnitude of the anchoring force in Newton needed to hold the elbow in place. Take the momentum-flux correction factor to be 1.16 at both the inlet and outlet. Take the density of water to be 1000kgm3.
A reducing elbow in a horizontal pipe is used to

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