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Pressurevariationsinanincompressiblefluidatrest

In some fluid problems, fluids may be considered homogenous and incompressible i.e. density
Integratingtheequation(L7.10)withconditiongiveninfigure(Fig:L7.2),wehave

L7.11

is constant.

Fig.L7.2:Pressurevariationin

anincompressiblefluid
This indicates that the pressure increases linearly from the free surface in an incompressible static fluid as
illustratedbythelineardistributionintheabovefigure.

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