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We know that moving fluids can exert forces. The lift forces that support an aircraft are exerted by the air flowing across the wings; a rocket works by burning fuel and expelling the hot products of combustion at high speed; in some countries the force of a jet of water is used to disperse rioters.
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© 1996 Martin Widden
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Widden, M. (1996). Forces and momentum of moving fluids. In: Fluid Mechanics. Foundations of Engineering Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11334-7_6
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