Use Bernoulli’s equation to estimate the upward force on an airplane’s wing if the average flow speed of air is 190 m/s above the wing and 160 m/s below the wing. The density of the air is 1.3 kg/m³ and the area of each wing surface is 28 m².
Fluid Pressure
The term fluid pressure is coined as, the measurement of the force per unit area of a given surface of a closed container. It is a branch of physics that helps to study the properties of fluid under various conditions of force.
Gauge Pressure
Pressure is the physical force acting per unit area on a body; the applied force is perpendicular to the surface of the object per unit area. The air around us at sea level exerts a pressure (atmospheric pressure) of about 14.7 psi but this doesn’t seem to bother anyone as the bodily fluids are constantly pushing outwards with the same force but if one swims down into the ocean a few feet below the surface one can notice the difference, there is increased pressure on the eardrum, this is due to an increase in hydrostatic pressure.
Use Bernoulli’s equation to estimate the upward force on an airplane’s wing if the average flow
speed of air is 190 m/s above the wing and 160 m/s below the wing. The density of the air is 1.3
kg/m³ and the area of each wing surface is 28 m².
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