David43214
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- Q=AV, what happens as V approaches infinity and A approaches 0?
If you imagine putting your thumb at the end of a garden hose and slowly restricting the area until the area is 0, according to the continuity principle, the flow rate stays constant because the velocity increases to make up for the smaller area.
However obviously this can't be completey accurate in real life.
Are there any specific values where this principle no longer applies in real life?
For example, if the area is 1m^2 and the velocity is 1m/s, Q=A×V=1m^3 per second.
If you then changed the area to 0.0000001m^2., theoretically the velocity would be 10,000,000 meters per second which I don't think would happen in real life.
However obviously this can't be completey accurate in real life.
Are there any specific values where this principle no longer applies in real life?
For example, if the area is 1m^2 and the velocity is 1m/s, Q=A×V=1m^3 per second.
If you then changed the area to 0.0000001m^2., theoretically the velocity would be 10,000,000 meters per second which I don't think would happen in real life.