À vertical cylindrical tank of height h and radius R has a narrow crack of width w running vertically from top to bottom. If the tank is initially filled with water and allowed to drain through the crack under the influence of gravity, find the instantaneous depth of the water as a function of time. How long will it take the tank to empty? Hint: First imagine the crack to be a series of adjacent orifices, anc integrate to find the total efflux from the crack in the infinites imal time interval dt. 3:43
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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