FYKOS Year 27 Series 2 Problem 5 — Plastic cup on water · FYKOS 27 #27.2.5
Physics · mechanics
Problem
A truncated cone that is the upside down (the hole is open downwards) may be held in the air by a stream of water which originates from the ground with a constant mass flowrate and an intial velocity v0. At what height above the surface of the Earth will the cone levitate ?
Bonus: Explore the stability of the cone.