Question: A vertical gate, hinged to a structure at its top, is impacted by a jet of fluid as shown below. The jet impacts the gate

A vertical gate, hinged to a structure at its top, is impacted by a jet of fluid as shown below. The jet impacts the gate 10 ft from its bottom. The gate is held closed by a block on the bottom of its left side. The gate is 40 ft long (L1=40ft) and 8 ft wide.
The jet of fluid has an area of Ajet=0.19ft2 and is produced by a pump that pumps an unknown fluid from a large tank with a depth, d , of 20 ft . The unknown fluid flows from the tank through a pipe with a total length of 100 feet, a diameter of 6 in , and a friction factor of 0.015. The pipe includes a sharp entrance (K=0.5) and all elbows are 90 flanged elbows (K=1.2). The lengths of the sections of pipe shown below are: L2=15ft,L3=10ft,L4=8ft,L5=14ft.
The manometer attached to the large tank contains a gage fluid with SG=0.7 and has readings as follows: h1=4in,h2=3in,h3=3in,h4=14in, and h5=5in.
a) What is the specific weight of the unknown fluid in the tank?
b) Assuming the unknown fluid is water, what is the power required by the pump to produce a jet with a velocity of 14fts?
c) What is the force required by the block to hold the gate closed as shown below, assuming the jet has a velocity of 14fts?
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A vertical gate, hinged to a structure at its

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