4.12 Figure 14.14 shows a pipe of varying cross-sectional area and height. The pressure at point 1 is ?1 = 100 kPa. If the pipe carries a fluid of density 1000 kg m−3 then ... (a) What is the volume flow rate through each section of the pipe? (b) What is the velocity of the fluid at point 2? (c) What is the velocity of the fluid at point 3?
Fluid Pressure
The term fluid pressure is coined as, the measurement of the force per unit area of a given surface of a closed container. It is a branch of physics that helps to study the properties of fluid under various conditions of force.
Gauge Pressure
Pressure is the physical force acting per unit area on a body; the applied force is perpendicular to the surface of the object per unit area. The air around us at sea level exerts a pressure (atmospheric pressure) of about 14.7 psi but this doesn’t seem to bother anyone as the bodily fluids are constantly pushing outwards with the same force but if one swims down into the ocean a few feet below the surface one can notice the difference, there is increased pressure on the eardrum, this is due to an increase in hydrostatic pressure.
14.12 Figure 14.14 shows a pipe of varying cross-sectional area and height. The pressure at point 1 is ?1 = 100 kPa.
If the pipe carries a fluid of density 1000 kg m−3 then ...
(a) What is the volume flow rate through each section of the pipe?
(b) What is the velocity of the fluid at point 2?
(c) What is the velocity of the fluid at point 3?
(d) What is the pressure in the fluid at point 2?
(e) What is the pressure in the fluid at point 3?
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