AIR AND

AERODYNAMIC
S
Science 6: Online Course #5
  Air is invisible
 Air is scentless
 Air is tasteless
 You cannot hear still air
 You cannot feel still air
 Air has mass

REVIEW  Air takes up space

 Air exerts pressure in all directions (up, down,
sideways)
 Air is fluid
 Air can be compressed
 Hot air expands
 Cold air compresses
TODAY’S
TOPIC
Bernoulli’s Principle
BERNOULLI’S PRINCIPLE
 The Bernoulli’s Principle states that “the SPEED of a fluid (such as air)
determines the amount of PRESSURE that it can exert
 As a fluid (like air) moves faster, it rushes past the object and doesn’t weigh it
down, so it produces less/ lower pressure. So then, slower moving fluids (like
air) produce greater/ higher pressure because they are slower and push weight
(because air has weight)on to the object
LET’S LOOK AT THIS WITH AN
AIRPLANE WING…

 The higher pressure under the wings from the fast-moving air is greater than the lower pressure
over the wings from the slower moving air and forces the plane up, or lifts, that allows the airplane
to fly
 LET’S LOOK AT THIS WITH A PING PONG
BALL BEING BLOWN UPWARDS BY A BLOW-
DRYER…
 If you position the ball properly in the
stream of air, the air from the blow-
dryer flows evenly around the outside
of the ball. Gravity pulls the ball down
while there is equal pressure below the
ball from the moving air, forcing it up.
All of the forces around the ball are
equal and so the ball stays in one place
 LET’S LOOK AT THIS WITH A PING PONG
BALL BEING BLOWN UPWARDS BY A BLOW-
DRYER…
 This activity is an example of Bernoulli’s
principle
 Slow moving air has a greater pressure
than fast moving air
 The slow-moving air surrounding it
pushes the ball back into the stream of air
 If the dryer is raised or lowered the ball
will follow the movement
 The the dryer is turned to high speed, the
ball will float higher
WHAT HAPPENED: BALL IN A
FUNNEL
 We are unable to blow the ball out of the funnel because the air moving around the ball is
moving faster than the surrounding air
 The moving air creates a low-pressure area, the higher pressure of the surrounding air pushes
against the ball keeping it in the funnel