CHAPTER 5: MOMENTUM EQUATION AND ITS APPLICATIONS FLUID MECHANICS, IUG-Nov.

2012

1 dp dv dz
v  g 0
r ds ds ds
• For incompressible flow, r is constant, then the integration of
the above eq. along a streamline with respect to s, gives
p v2
  gz  constant
r 2
• The terms represent energy per unit mass. Dividing by g

p v2 This is known as
  z  constant  H
rg 2 g Bernoulli’s equation
• In which the terms represent energy per unit weight.

Bernoulli’s equation states the relationship between velocity v,

pressure p, elevation z for: steady flow of frictionless fluid of
constant density.
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