Please help me with this fluid mechanics question! Thank you!! :) A 1967 Harley-Davidson Shovelhead motorcycle uses a ventruri-carburetor to mix air and fuel for combustion. The venturi reduces the pressure to draw fuel from a reservoir chamber and to mix with the airstream as shown in the figure. The energy loss of the metering line is given by hL= (K*V^2)/2 where K = 6.0 and V is the fuel velocity in the metering line. Assume that the air is an ideal fluid (68°F). Calculate the mass flux of air and the mass flux of fuel. Hint: Assume the air intake velocity is negligible.

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A 1967 Harley-Davidson Shovelhead motorcycle uses a ventruri-carburetor to mix air and fuel for combustion. The venturi reduces the pressure to draw fuel from a reservoir chamber and to mix with the airstream as shown in the figure. The energy loss of the metering line is given by hL= (K*V^2)/2
where K = 6.0 and V is the fuel velocity in the metering line. Assume that the air is an ideal fluid (68°F). Calculate the mass flux of air and the mass flux of fuel. Hint: Assume the air intake velocity is negligible.

Carburetor
Needle valve
14.7 psia
Float
Gasoline (S = 0.75)
0.07-in-dia. fuel metering line
Air Intake -
14.7 psia
Choke valve
-Venturi, 0.5 in²
14.3 psia
Throttle valve
Transcribed Image Text:Carburetor Needle valve 14.7 psia Float Gasoline (S = 0.75) 0.07-in-dia. fuel metering line Air Intake - 14.7 psia Choke valve -Venturi, 0.5 in² 14.3 psia Throttle valve
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