In an attempt to avoid “the bends”, which occurs if a diver rises too quickly after having been at great depth in the ocean for a long period of time, a diver should come to the surface relatively slowly. What would the rate of change (in Pa/s) of the water pressure be on a diver in the ocean as he rose at 15 m/min? The density of seawater is 1,017 kg/m3.
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.
In an attempt to avoid “the bends”, which occurs if a diver rises too quickly after having been at great depth in the ocean for a long period of time, a diver should come to the surface relatively slowly. What would the rate of change (in Pa/s) of the water pressure be on a diver in the ocean as he rose at 15 m/min? The density of seawater is 1,017 kg/m3.
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15 kPa/s
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2.5 kPa/s
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250 Pa/s
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150 kPa/s
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