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Understanding Pressure Basics

Pressure is defined as force per unit area, with higher pressure resulting from increased force or decreased area. In liquids, pressure, known as hydrostatic pressure, increases with depth and density, acting equally in all directions. The pressure in a liquid can be calculated using the formula p=h×ρ×g, where p is pressure, h is height, ρ is density, and g is gravitational strength.

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Understanding Pressure Basics

Pressure is defined as force per unit area, with higher pressure resulting from increased force or decreased area. In liquids, pressure, known as hydrostatic pressure, increases with depth and density, acting equally in all directions. The pressure in a liquid can be calculated using the formula p=h×ρ×g, where p is pressure, h is height, ρ is density, and g is gravitational strength.

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PRESSURE

 Pressure is defined as the force per unit area.

 For example, when a drawing pin is pushed downwards:


o It is pushed into the surface, rather than up towards the finger.
o This is because the sharp point is more concentrated (a small area) creating
a larger pressure.

 If force increases, pressure increases and if area decreases, pressure increases and
vice versa. It means that the lower the contact area, the more the pressure is.

 If the area is less: Force concentrate over small area and pressure will increase.
 If the area is more: Force spread over large area and pressure will decrease.

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Calculating Pressure:

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EFFECTS OF PRESSURE:

In the above figure all four glass tanks have same amount of water and therefore
have same weight but each one has different area of contact with surface. Tank A
has contact area 6 m2,tankB has 8m2, tank C has 12m2 and tank D has 24m2
contact area. It means the tank A applies the highest pressure on the surface since it
has the smallest contact area.
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LIQUID PRESSURE

Pressure in liquids is called hydrostatic pressure


Pressure in a liquid is due to the weight of the liquid above a point .A liquid held in a container
exerts pressure on the inner walls of the container as well as on any object that is inside the
liquid. Following are the properties applied to any object in a liquid.

1. Pressure of liquid on an object acts equally in all direction,

2. Pressure of liquid increase with the increase of depth,

3. Pressure will also increase with density of liquid,

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4. Pressure does not depend upon the shape of the container.

Calculating Pressure in a Liquid

 The pressure due to a column of liquid can be calculated using the equation

p=h×ρ×g

 Where:
o p = pressure in Pascals (Pa)
o h = height of the column in metres (m)
o ρ = density of the liquid in kilograms per metre cubed (kg/m3)
o g = gravitational field strength on Earth in newtons per kilogram (N/kg)

 The force from the pressure is exerted evenly across the whole surface of an object in a liquid,
and in all directions

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