2.25: Advanced Fluid Dynamics
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 Problem 5.03: Force on a sluice gate


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Hint 1:

Apply the linear momentum theorem to a CV between stations 1 and 2 with a lower boundary just above the bottom of the stream and making sure the external force F acts somewhere on the top part of your CV.