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Water flows out of a big tank along a tube bent at right angles; the inside radius of the tube is equal to . The length of the horizontal section of the tube is equal to . The water flow rate is . Find the moment of reaction forces of flowing water, acting on the tube's walls, relative to the point .

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Consider only bend part of the tube.
The change in momentum of mass Δm of liquid as it passes through the bend,

∴
∴ Reaction force on the tube at bend point is
∴
Moment of the force is
∴
∴
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