Momentum balance Definition and 16 Threads

please view the first reply, I was unable to post my attempt here for some reason.

TL;DR Summary: I have this Question, and I have no idea, how am I supposed to set the Forces to create a balance since they are not perpendicular to the moving arm. I have this question I have spend a lot of time on. It basically shows two sticks which are connected in the middle to create a...

we neglect gravity and viscosity efects i really can't understand how does the author managed to get the equation in the image

I'm studying fluid and propulsion mechanics by myself. I stumbled upon this website from MIT: http://web.mit.edu/16.unified/www/SPRING/propulsion/UnifiedPropulsion2/UnifiedPropulsion2.htm#fallingblock It states that "Newton’s second law for a control volume of fixed mass" is $$\sum...

I want to ask why is it that we use gauge pressure instead of absolute pressure in CV analysis for momentum conservation of fluids. I did read that because P(atm) would be present everywhere so it won't have a net effect on the CV but it's highly non intuitive as I can't apply force balance on...

Homework Statement [/B] A skier (mass M = 100 kg) going down a slope with inclination θ = 30°, sliding in a fluid-like snow (viscosity μ = 100 mPa*s) of thickness h = 0.01 m, using a pair of skis, each one with a surface area of As = 0.15 m2, reaches terminal velocity vt after some distance...

I am currently working on this problem and I am stuck as to how to approach or solve it. The problem is that a block of mass 11000kg is sliding down a slope with a height of 1000m, angle of 40 degrees and the coefficient of friction between the block and the slope is 0.1. The block splits...

Homework Statement A raindrop of initial Mass ##M_0## starts to fall from rest under the influence of gravity. Assume that the drop gains mass from the cloud at a rate proportional to the product of its instantaneous mass and its instantaneous velocity ##\dfrac{dM}{dt} = kMV##, where ##k## is...

Homework Statement Homework Equations 0=viscous+gravitational+pressure I saw in the solutions that pressure=0 in this case, but why? I also knew that : accumulation= flow in - flow out+generation, why not use this one? The Attempt at a Solution (their solution) We are interested in...

Hi PF! Suppose we have an incompressible UNSTEADY fluid passing through a level pipe. Let station 1 have area, velocity, and pressure ##A_1##, ##V_1(t)## and ##P_1(t)##. Station 2 is defined similarly. I know the unsteady Bernoulli equation could solve this, but if I wanted to make a momentum...

I find this problem kind of tricky. I think it must be a, since a change in momentum of the car causes the same change in momentum of the earth.

Hello, PF! I have some doubts about setting up shell balances in a cylindrical geometry. Consider a fluid flowing down a vertical pipe. In order to perform the momentum balance, we take a cylindrical (annular) shell of length L and width Δr. The analysis of such system can be found in chapter 2...

Homework Statement Attached document Homework Equations m(flow)*(v1-v2)+P1A1-P2A2 The Attempt at a Solution I did a mass balance to plug into the momentum balance, but I am not getting the final equation correct.

I'm a little confused, in my fluid mechanics course we've covered many equations and they are all derived using an x-direction fluid flow. If I was to use these in a system in which fluid flowed in the y-direction would I have to re-derive them? Or would it be more of a case of using a...

Attached pdf contains the problem, and my progress in working it. My question is, I'm not really sure how to proceed. Anyone care to push me in the right direction?

All problem info, and my work is done in the attached pdf. Basically, I'm not sure that I have done it correctly.