A hurricane-force wind of 180 km/h blows across the face of a storefront window. Estimate the force on the 2.0 m x 3.0m window due to the difference in air pressure inside and outside the window. Assume the store isairtight so the inside pressure remains at 1.0 atm. (This is why you should not tightly seal a building in preparation for a hurricane.)
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 hurricane-force wind of 180 km/h blows across the face of a storefront window. Estimate the force on the 2.0 m x 3.0m window due to the difference in air pressure inside and outside the window. Assume the store is
airtight so the inside pressure remains at 1.0 atm. (This is why you should not tightly seal a building in preparation for a hurricane.)
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