Impulse-Momentum Principle


THIS INTERACTIVE JAVA APPLET WAS DEVELOPED AT UT AUSTIN BY Kyle Douglas AND Lino Geo Lino Bailey, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF PROFESSOR. Spyros A. Kinnas, 1998.

PERMISSION TO LINK TO THIS JAVA APPLET AND TO DOWNLOAD OR TO USE THE RELATED JAVA SOURCE CODE, MUST BE GRANTED BY PROFESSOR Spyros A. Kinnas ( kinnas@mail.utexas.edu ).


Purpose:

This applet calculates and draws the force vector due to the reaction of the pipe on the fluid. The equations used to determine the magnitude and direction of the force are based on the Impulse-Momentum principle and Bernouli's equation.

Assumptions:

Using the applet:

Note: The pipe is not drawn to scale! In order to make the components of the applet a reasonable size, some of the variables (like the diameter and radius of curvature) are scaled in different proportions. However, components which measure similar parameters are scaled equally. For example, the weight is scaled in the same proportion as the force on the fluid, and the entrance diameter is scaled equally to the exit diameter.

A Note About the Vectors:

To avoid confusion, the vectors and what they describe are given below.


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Last Revised: August 9, 1998