A block of wood is kept on table top. The mass of wooden block is 5 kg and its dimensions are 40cm×20cm×10cm. Compute the pressure on top surface of the wooden block. Compute the pressure on the bottom surface of the wooden block. Compute the force on top surface of the wooden block. Compute the force on the bottom surface of the wooden block. What is the difference between the force on the bottom and the force on top?
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.
A block of wood is kept on table top. The mass of wooden block is 5 kg and its dimensions are 40cm×20cm×10cm.
- Compute the pressure on top surface of the wooden block.
- Compute the pressure on the bottom surface of the wooden block.
- Compute the force on top surface of the wooden block.
- Compute the force on the bottom surface of the wooden block.
- What is the difference between the force on the bottom and the force on top?
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