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  2. Bernoulli's principle - Wikipedia

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    Bernoulli's principle can be used to calculate the lift force on an airfoil, if the behaviour of the fluid flow in the vicinity of the foil is known. For example, if the air flowing past the top surface of an aircraft wing is moving faster than the air flowing past the bottom surface, then Bernoulli's principle implies that the pressure on the ...

  3. Dynamic pressure - Wikipedia

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    The meter is "read" as a differential pressure head in cm or inches of water and is equivalent to the difference in velocity head. The dynamic pressure, along with the static pressure and the pressure due to elevation, is used in Bernoulli's principle as an energy balance on a closed system.

  4. Static pressure - Wikipedia

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    static pressure + dynamic pressure = total pressure. This simplified form of Bernoulli's equation is fundamental to an understanding of the design and operation of ships, low speed aircraft, and airspeed indicators for low speed aircraft – that is aircraft whose maximum speed will be less than about 30% of the speed of sound.

  5. Magnus effect - Wikipedia

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    This adds to the air velocity on one side of the object and decreases the velocity on the other side. Bernoulli's principle states that under certain conditions increased flow speed is associated with reduced pressure, implying that there is lower air pressure on one side than the other. This pressure difference results in a force perpendicular ...

  6. Computational fluid dynamics - Wikipedia

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    Bernoulli equation: Start with the EE. Assume that density variations depend only on pressure variations. [49] See Bernoulli's Principle. Steady Bernoulli equation: Start with the Bernoulli Equation and assume a steady flow. [49] Or start with the EE and assume that the flow is steady and integrate the resulting equation along a streamline. [47 ...

  7. Pressure head - Wikipedia

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    Pressure head is a component of hydraulic head, in which it is combined with elevation head. When considering dynamic (flowing) systems, there is a third term needed: velocity head. Thus, the three terms of velocity head, elevation head, and pressure head appear in the head equation derived from the Bernoulli equation for incompressible fluids:

  8. Net positive suction head - Wikipedia

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    where is the absolute pressure at the inlet, is the average velocity at the inlet, is the fluid density, is the acceleration of gravity and is the vapor pressure of the fluid. Note that NPSH is equivalent to the sum of both the static and dynamic heads – that is, the stagnation head – minus the equilibrium vapor pressure head, hence "net ...

  9. Diffuser (thermodynamics) - Wikipedia

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    A diffuser is "a device for reducing the velocity and increasing the static pressure of a fluid passing through a system”. [1] The fluid's static pressure rise as it passes through a duct is commonly referred to as pressure recovery. In contrast, a nozzle is used to increase the discharge velocity and lower the pressure of a fluid passing ...