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    Undergrad Calculating Water Pressure in a 100ft Pipe

    Alright that definitely makes sensne. Thanks for all the help! Vivek
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    Undergrad Calculating Water Pressure in a 100ft Pipe

    Andy, can you explain how you calculated the vapor pressure? I need to be able to do it for different heights. Thanks
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    Undergrad Calculating Water Pressure in a 100ft Pipe

    Okay, I neglected the fact that at lower pressures, water would vaporize and this vapor would create a positive pressure in the pipe, right? Now I just need to figure out how to actually calculate this. Thanks for your help!
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    Undergrad Calculating Water Pressure in a 100ft Pipe

    boneh3ad, I agree with what you are saying, but am still confused. If you calculate the static height from the atmospheric pressure and we ignored inertia, wouldn't this give a zero pressure inside of the pipe? Isn't that impossible? and if we include inertia, the pressure inside the pipe would...
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    Undergrad Calculating Water Pressure in a 100ft Pipe

    I have a small assignment at work that I can't seem to figure out. To not bore you with the details, I have developed a simple scenario. Say you have water in a tower that is 100ft tall that is flowing through a vertical pipe to the ground. If this pipe is instantaneously closed at the top...