David513
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Hoping to clarify something about this...
Is it fair to say that you should consider the relationship between pressure and area as a function of whether a fluid is moving or standing still?
In other words, when a fluid is moving and you decrease the area, the pressure goes down because there is more uniform translational motion in a moving fluid, therefore fewer molecules of the fluid collide with each other.
Meanwhile, when a fluid is standing still and you decrease the area, the pressure goes up because there is more random translation motion in a resting fluid, therefore more molecules of the fluid collide with each other.
This seems to defy P=F/A and Bernoulli's equation but makes sense intuitively... help!
Is it fair to say that you should consider the relationship between pressure and area as a function of whether a fluid is moving or standing still?
In other words, when a fluid is moving and you decrease the area, the pressure goes down because there is more uniform translational motion in a moving fluid, therefore fewer molecules of the fluid collide with each other.
Meanwhile, when a fluid is standing still and you decrease the area, the pressure goes up because there is more random translation motion in a resting fluid, therefore more molecules of the fluid collide with each other.
This seems to defy P=F/A and Bernoulli's equation but makes sense intuitively... help!