The figure shows two sections of an old pipe system that runs through a hill, with distances dA = dB = 31.0 m and D = 105 m. On each side of the hill, the pipe radius is 2.30 cm. However, the radius of the pipe inside the hill is no longer known.To determine it, hydraulic engineers first establish that water flows through the left and right sections at 2.10 m/s. Then they release a dye in the water at point A and find that it takes 92.0 s to reach point B. What is the average radius of the pipe within the hill? Number A D Units dB B
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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