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Determine the total force on the plate and the breadths a and b of the two branches of the jet.

Mass flow rate at inlet,

Here is the density of the fluid.

Mass flow rate through the right branch,

Mass flow rate through the left branch,

Apply the law of conservation of mass:

Mass flow rate at inlet is equal to the mass flow rate from two branches. …… (1)

Since there is no force on the plate in x direction,

Use the momentum equation in x direction to obtain another relation between h, a and b. Momentum
equation in x direction is written as
For the given conditions momentum equation can be written as

Substitute for , for and for .

…… (2)

Add equations (1) and (2) to obtain the values of a and b:

Thus, the value of breadth b is .

Substitute the value of b in equation (1) to obtain a.

Thus, the values of breadth a is .

Apply the momentum equation in y direction to obtain the force on the plate in y-direction .
Momentum equation in y-direction is expressed as

For the given conditions momentum equation can be written as:

Since force is acting only in y direction, net force (F) acting on the plate will be in y direction only and
magnitude will be equal to that of .

Thus, the net force acting on the plate is .

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