PASCALS LAW

THE INTENSITY OF PRESSURE AT ANY POINT IN A FLUID AT REST IS SAME IN

ALL DIRECTION.
CONSIDER A VERY SMALL
RIGHT-ANGLED TRIANGLE
ELEMENT ABC AS SHOWN IN FIGURE.
PZ

A
PX

PY
C

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PX=INTENSITY OF HORIZONTAL PRESSURE ON THE ELEMENT OF THE LIQUID.
PY=INTENSITY OF VERTICAL PRESSURE ON THE ELEMENT OF THE LIQUID.
PZ=INTENSITY OF PRESSURE ON THE DIAGONAL OF A TRIANGULAR
ELEMENT OF THE LIQUID.
=ANGLE OF A TRIANGULAR ELEMENT OF THE LIQUID.
NOW PRESSURE ON A VERTICAL SIDE AC OF THE LIQUID
PX=PX*AC
PRESSURE ON A HORIZONTAL SIDE BC OF THE LIQUID
PY=PY*BC

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PRESSURE ON THE DIAGONAL AB OF THE LIQUID
PZ=PZ*AB
SINCE THE ELEMENT AT REST SO THE SUM OF HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL COMPONENT
OF LIQUID PRESSURE MUST BE EQUAL TO ZERO.
FX=0
PZ*SIN=PX
PZ*AB*SIN=PX*AC
FROM THE GEOMETRY OF THE FIGURE..
AB*SIN=AC
SO
PZ*AC=PX*AC

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PZ=PX .(1)
SAME FOR
FY=0
PZ*COS=PY-W (AS WE CONSIDER A VERY SMALL ELEMENT SO
W=O)
PZ*COS=PY
PZ*AB*COS=PY*BC
FROM THE GEOMETRY OF THE FIGURE..
AB*COS=BC

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SO
PZ*BC=PY*BC
PZ=PY

(2)

NOW FROM EQUATION 1,2 WE GET

PX=PY=PZ

.(3)

Thus the intensity of pressure at any point in a flid at

rest is same in all direction.