Water is moving with a speed of 5.0m/sthrough a pipe with a cross-sectional area of4.0\mathrm{~cm}^{2}.The water gradually descends 10mas the pipe cross-sectional area increases to 8.0cm2.

(a) What is the speed at the lower level?

(b) If the pressure at the upper level is 1.5×105Pa, What is the pressure at the lower level?

Short Answer

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Hence, the pressure of water at the lower level is2.6×105Pa

Step by step solution

01

Given information

i) The speed of the water at the upper level, vu=5.0m/s.

ii) The area of the cross-section at the upper level, Au=4.0m2.

iii) The depth of the lower level, D=10m.

iv) The area of the cross-section at the lower level,role="math" localid="1657547338914" A_{1}=8.0\mathrm{~m}^{2}.

v) The pressure at the upper level,pu=1.5×105Pa.

02

Determining the concept

Determine the speed of the water at the lower level using the equation of continuity. Then, using Bernoulli's equation, find the pressure of water at the lower level. According to Bernoulli's equation, as the speed of a moving fluid increases, the pressure within the fluid decreases.

Formulae are as follows:

p12ρg2h+constant

Av=constant

where, p is pressure, v is velocity , h is height, g is an acceleration due to gravity, h is height , A is area and P is density .

03

(a) Determining the speed of the water at the lower level

The water flow through the pipe obeys the equation of continuity,

AuVu=A1V1

Hence,

\begin{aligned}v_{i}&=\frac{A_{u}v_{u}}{A_{l}}\\&=\frac{4.0\mathrm{~m}^{2}\times5.0\mathrm{~m}/\mathrm{s}}{8.0\mathrm{~m}^{2}}\\&=2.5\mathrm{~m}/\mathrm{s}\end{aligned}

Hence, the speed of the water at the lower level is2.5\mathrm{~m}/\mathrm{s}

04

Determining the pressure of water at the lower level

The water flow obeys Bernoulli's principle.

So,

py+12ρgh+pu=ρy+12ρgh+

Simplifying,

plPu*12oq2h12-u1

Where, hu-ht=D=10mand ρ=Density of water=1000kg/m3.

Thus, putting the values,

\begin{aligned}p_{i}&=\left(1.5\times10^{5}\mathrm{~Pa}\right)+\frac{1}{2}1000\mathrm{~kg}/\mathrm{m}^{3}\times\left((5\mathrm{~m}/\mathrm{s})^{2}-(2.5\mathrm{~m}/\mathrm{s})^{2}\right)+1000\mathrm{~kg}/\mathrm{m}^{3}\times\left(9.8\mathrm{~m}/\mathrm{s}^{2}\right)\times(10\mathrm{~m})\\&=2.57\times10^{5}\mathrm{~Pa}\\&\approx2.6\times10^{5}\mathrm{~Pa}\end{aligned}

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