A large storage tank, open at the top and filled with water, develops a small hole in its side at a point 16.8 m below the water level. The rate of flow from the leak is found to be 2.20 x 10-3 m3/min. 1 (a) Determine the speed (in m/s) at which the water leaves the hole. 18.14 V m/s (b) Determine the diameter of the hole (in mm). 1.6 mm (c) What If? If the hole is 10.0 m above the ground and the water is projected horizontally from the hole, how far (in m) from the base of the tank would bucket have to be initially placed to catch the water from the leak? m
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.
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