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Fluid mechanics |
Study of how fluids flow and how forces and energy are transmitted through fluids |
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Pressure |
The net force acting perpendicular to the surface and the area over which it acts |
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P=F/A |
P= pressure F= net force acting perpendicular to the surface A= total surface area over which the force is applied |
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Fluid pressure |
At a given point in a body of water, the pressure is exerted equally in all directions |
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Blaise Pascal ( 1 N/m^2 = 1 Pa ) |
Pressure measured in newtons |
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Hydrostatic pressure |
Water pressure due to depth alone |
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Evangelista Torricelli |
Was an Italian physicist who served as Galileo's secretary |
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Mercury barometer |
Thick-walled glass tube filled with liquid mercury and sealed on one end ... Made by Torricelli |
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Aneroid barometers |
Compact, sealed accordion-like can filled with a low-pressure gas |
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Bourdon tube |
a C-shaped tube detector |
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Archimedes's principle |
An immersed object is lifted or buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced |
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Specific gravity |
Relative density |
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Submerged objects in liquids or gases that do not rise or sink are ... |
Neutrally buoyant |
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Liquids and gases flow and assume the shape of their ... |
Containers |
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Flowing fluids can do work |
Ex: turning the turbines that generate electrical energy or running an air tool |
