One method of reducing an aircarft’s landing distance is through the use of thrust reversers. Consider the turbofan engine in Fig. P2.5 with thrust reverser of the bypass airstream. It is given that 1500 lbm / s of air at 60 8 F and 14.7 psia enters the engine at a velocity of 450 ft / s and that 1250 lbm / s of bypass air leaves the engine at 60 deg to the horizontal, velocity of 890ft / s, and pressure of 14.7 psia. The remaining 250 lbm / s leaves the engine core at a velocity of 1200 fps and a pressure of 14.7 psia.
Determine the force on the strut [Fx]. Assume the outside of the engine sees a pressure of 14.7 psia.