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A mass flow rate into a control volume requires a normal velocity component. Why?

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The tangential velocity component does not bring any substance across the control volume surface as it flows parallel to it, the normal component of velocity brings substance in or out of the control volume according to its sign. The normal component must be into the control volume to bring mass in, just like when you enter a bus (it does not help that you run parallel with the bus side).

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