Specialization: Civil EngineeringModule Name: Hydraulics The elbow flow passage volume is 0.52 m3. The water volume flowrate at the inletis 0.52 m3 /s and the elbow inlet pressure is 164 kPa and outlet pressure at point B and C are64 kPa. The inlet velocity at point A is 18m/s. Assume the diameter at point C equals thediameter at point B. The elbow mass is 12 kg. Calculate the horizontal (x direction) andvertical (y direction) anchoring forces required to hold the elbow in place.|18 m/sFigure 4 EIbow flow

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The elbow flow passage volume is 0.52 m3. The water volume flowrate at the inlet is 0.52 m3 /s and the elbow inlet pressure is 164 kPa and outlet pressure at point B and C are 54 kPa. The inlet velocity at point A is 18m/s. Assume the diameter at point C equals the diameter at point B. The elbow mass is 12 kg. Calculate the horizontal (x direction) and vertical (y direction) anchoring forces required to hold the elbow in place.

The elbow flow passage volume is 0.52 m3. The water volume flowrate at the inlet is 0.52 m3 /s and the elbow inlet pressure is 164 kPa and outlet pressure at point B and C are 54 kPa. The inlet velocity at point A is 18m/s. Assume the diameter at point C equals the diameter at point B. The elbow mass is 12 kg. Calculate the horizontal (x direction) and vertical (y direction) anchoring forces required to hold the elbow in place.

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