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Chapter 3: Pressure and Fluid Statics
Chapter 3: Pressure and Fluid Statics
Pressure
Pressure on diver at
1
100 ft?
kg m 1m
Pgage,2 gz 998 3 9.81 2 100 ft
m s 3.28 ft
1atm
298.5kPa 2.95atm
100 ft 101.325kPa
Pabs ,2 Pgage,2 Patm 2.95atm 1atm 3.95atm
Danger of emergency
2 ascent?
1 1 PV
PV 2 2 Boyle’s law
V1 P2 3.95atm
If you hold your breath on ascent, your lung 4
volume would increase by a factor of 4, which
V2 P1 1atm
would result in embolism and/or death.
Chapter 3: Pressure and Fluid Statics
Pascal’s Law
Pressure applied to a
confined fluid increases
the pressure throughout
by the same amount.
In picture, pistons are at
same height:
F1 F2 F2 A2
P1 P2
A1 A2 F1 A1
Patm gh
Chapter 3: Pressure and Fluid Statics
Fluid Statics
Fluid Statics deals with problems associated
with fluids at rest.
In fluid statics, there is no relative motion
between adjacent fluid layers.
Therefore, there is no shear stress in the fluid
trying to deform it.
The only stress in fluid statics is normal stress
Normal stress is due to pressure
Variation of pressure is due only to the weight of the
fluid → fluid statics is only relevant in presence of
gravity fields.
Applications: Floating or submerged bodies,
water dams and gates, liquid storage tanks, etc.
Chapter 3: Pressure and Fluid Statics
Hoover Dam
Buoyancy force FB is
equal only to the displaced
volume fgVdisplaced.
Three scenarios possible
1. body<fluid: Floating body
2. body=fluid: Neutrally buoyant
3. body>fluid: Sinking body