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(Week 3: Part 1)
Kamran Nazir
Department of Mechanical Engineering
National University of Technology
Spring 2021
Chapter 3: Pressure and Fluid Statics
Pressure at a Point
Variation of Pressure with Depth
Manometer and other Pressure Measuring Devices
Fluid Statics
Hydrostatic Forces on Submerged Plane Surfaces
Hydrostatic Forces on Submerged Curved Surfaces
Stability of Immersed and Floating Bodies
Fluids in Rigid-Body Motion
• Pressure applied to a confined fluid
increases the pressure throughout by the
same amount.
• In picture, pistons are at same height:
1
Boyle’s law
100 ft