In a hydraulic system, a force of 558 N is exerted on a piston with an area of 0.002 m2. The load-bearing piston in the system has an area of 0.3 m2. Calculate in kPa the pressure in the hydraulic fluid induced by the applied pressure. (You must provide an answer before moving to the ded next part.) The pressure in the hydraulic fluid is 27.9 O kPa.
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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