How to Calculate Water Jet Distance in a Tank?

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The discussion focuses on calculating the distance a water jet will travel horizontally through water. The user, Parkie, provides specific parameters: a 4mm jet orifice, a flow rate of 53.33 liters per minute, and a pressure of 148.01 barg, resulting in a velocity of 70.731 m/s. Key insights include the importance of considering the viscosity of water compared to air and the effects of temperature on kinematic viscosity, specifically noting a value of 0.553 m²/s x 10^-6 at 50 degrees Celsius.

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Good Evening all

Ok confesions first I am an engineer not a physicist. However i have a problem i hope you can help with.

How do you calculated the distance water will travel from a jet on the horazontal through water itself.

I know i have a jet oriface of 4mm, i have 53.33 litres per minute passing through this jet at a pressure of 148.01barg. hence i have a velocity of 70.731m/s^2. So how how do i calculate the distance the jet of water will go? the jet is in a tank of water so its not like a jet of water through air.

Can anyone help?

Cheers

Parkie
 
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cheers dude, if we say its pass through water at 50 deg then we know that has a kinematic viscosity of 0.553 m^2/s x 10^-6
 

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