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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Bernoulli's Theorem....

Ever thought of How can a plane fly?
 In a storm how does a house lose its roof?
Why do rabbits not suffocate in the burrows?
Why does a cricket ball swing or a baseball curve?
Here the answer is given by the bernoulli’s principle !




Bernoulli’s Equation:
Let us focus our attention on the motion of the shaded region. This its our “system”. The lower cylindrical element of fluid of length, A1 is at height y1 which moves with speed v1After some time, the leading section of our system fills the upper cylinder of fluid of length  and area  A2 at height y2, and is then moving with speed v2.

A pressure force F1 acts on the lower part of the cylindrical tube towards right and pressure force F2 acts on the upper part of the cylindrical tube towards left. The net work done on the system F1 and F2 is
                                        
Where we have used the relations   and. The net effect of the motion of the system is to raise the height of the lower cylinder of mass  and to change its speed. The changes in the potential and kinetic energies are
                        
                                            
                                     
                                           
                           
                                                                   
Since the density is, we have  .
Since the points 1 and 2 can be chosen arbitrarily, we can express this result as Bernoulli’s Equation   = constant               
It is applied to all points along a streamline in a nonviscous, incompressible and irrotational fluid.


In a storm how does a house lose its roof?
 Air flow is disturbed by the house. The "streamlines" crowd around the top of the roof.
faster flow above house
reduced pressure above roof to that inside the house
roof lifted off because of pressure difference.

Why do rabbits not suffocate in the burrows?
Air must circulate. The burrows must have two entrances. Air flows across the two holes is usually slightly different
slight pressure difference
forces flow of air through burrow.

One hole is usually higher than the other and the a small mound is built around the holes to increase the pressure difference.

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