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Bernoulli’s Principle in Fire Service Hydraulics
Bobby Roseberry Fire Science Department, Eastern Gateway Community College
FIR 201 Fire Service Hydraulics
Professor Mansfield November 5, 2023
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Bernoulli’s Principle in Fire Service Hydraulics
Hydraulics in the fire service is a very important item. A lot of equipment relies on hydraulics, whether it be a pump that moves water, a pump that supplies hydraulic fluid to operate rescue tolls, or to power a generator. Hydraulics is also used in the everyday life of regular citizens, whether at work or at home. The purpose of this paper is to define Bernoulli’s Principle as it relates to fire service hydraulics, look at an example of how it may be found in the fire service, and the concept of conservation of energy as it applies to Bernoulli’s Principle. Literature Review
Bernoulli’s principle was first published in 1738 and was created by Daniel Bernoulli who was a swiss mathematician and physicist. Bernoulli’s principle as per the text book can be defined as, that where the velocity of a fluid is high, the pressure will be low, and where the velocity is low, the pressure will be high (Crapo, 2017). When you look at an example of Bernoulli’s principle in the fire service on that comes to mind is when you are attacking a fire with an exterior attack with distance between the nozzle and the fire, When doing this the water flowing out of the nozzle is pushing air into the structure and introducing the fire more air. When
this happens it can either work in favor of fire suppression or against it. Introducing more oxygen/air to a fire can also make the fire grow and extend further in the structure. Bernoulli’s principle is applied in this example by allowing air to mix in the water stream that is being directed to the fire from an exterior attack by allowing the distance in between the fire and water.
If the hose line was advanced into the structure and water was applied to the fire there would be less air that would mix in due to the distance between the nozzle the water is coming from and the fire that the water is being applied to. Conservation of energy is explained as energy can be neither increased nor decreased in any system. It can only change from one form to another or be transferred from one body to another (Crapo, 2017). Energies that are included in conservation of energy are kinetic energy,
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elastic energy, and potential energy. Kinetic energy are energies that are due to the motion of objects. Elastic energy are energies that are due to collision between objects. Potential energy is energy that is due to gravitational effect (Unacademy, n.d.). Conservation of energy has two main ways that it can be used, one from changing form and the other from transferring forms. As
discussed prior Bernoulli’s principle deals with fluid flow. Conservation of energy is applied to fluid flow to produce Bernoulli's equation. Conclusion As stated before hydraulics in the fire service can be used in multiple ways from pumps to operating rescue tools. Bernoulli’s principle is used very often in the fire service in ways of conservation of energy and then conservation of energy is used to help produce the Bornoulli’s equation. Bernoulli’s principle is used in everyday life and may not be thought of. It can be used in several different aspects from the job place to the normal home life. Bernoullie’s principle deals with the flow of fluid and energy and can be looked at in several different ways.
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References
Crapo, William F. Fire Protection Hydraulics and Water Supply
. 3rd ed., Burlington,Ma,
Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2017.
Unacademy
. (n.d.) “The Relationship between Conservation of Energy and Bernoulli’s Equation.”unacademy.com/content/neet-ug/study-material/physics/the-
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