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Pressure Recap and Practice

The document outlines learning objectives related to pressure, including definitions, formulas, and real-life applications. It covers pressure in solids and liquids, providing examples and practice problems to reinforce understanding. Additionally, it introduces Pascal's Law and hydraulics with further examples for practical application.

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Pressure Recap and Practice

The document outlines learning objectives related to pressure, including definitions, formulas, and real-life applications. It covers pressure in solids and liquids, providing examples and practice problems to reinforce understanding. Additionally, it introduces Pascal's Law and hydraulics with further examples for practical application.

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Learning objectives:

1. Define pressure and states its units.


2. Use the formula p=F/A to solve problems
involving pressure in solids.
3. Discuss using real life examples of how
pressure is directly proportional to the size of
the force and inversely proportional to the size
of the area.
Pressure
Pressure in solids and Fluids
Pressure
✗ Pressure is the force acting normally (or
perpendicular) per unit area.

✗ The SI unit of pressure is the Nm-2 which has


been assigned the name pascal (Pa).
✗ Pressure in solids depends on two things, i.e.
force and area.
Example 1:
Example 2:
Example 3
3. Calculate the pressure on a man’s foot when a woman who weighs
520 N steps on his foot with her heel which has an area of 0.001 m 2
with all of her weight.
Example 4
4. What is the area of a car that touches the road if the car’s weight on
that tire is 3072 N and the pressure exerted on the road is 48 Pa?
Watch Pressure Problems Video and
Complete Pressure in Solids WorkSheet Posted on
Google Classroom
Pressure in Liquids Notes and Practice
pressure = density of a fluid x acceleration due to
gravity x height of fluid column
P = ρgh
P = pressure (Pa)
ρ = density of a gas or fluid (kg/m3)
g = acceleration due to gravity (9.80 m/s2)
h = the height of a column of gas or fluid (m)
Pressure in Liquids Practice Problems
1) The wreckage of the ship the Titanic is under 3800 m of ocean water. If the density of the
cold saltwater above the Titanic Is 1050 kg/m3, what is the pressure at that depth?

Answer: The pressure can be found using the formula:

P = ρgh

P = (1050 kg/m3)(9.80 m/s2)(3800 m)

P = 39 102 000 Pa

P = 39.1MPa

The pressure of the ocean water at the depth of the Titanic Is 39 102 000 Pa, which is
approximately 39.1 MPa (mega -Pascal).
Example 2
2) The pressure at the bottom of a cylinder that contains a gas is P = 735.0 Pa. If the height
of the cylinder is 2.50 m, what is the density of the gas?
Answer: The density can be found by rearranging the pressure formula:

ρ = 30.0 kg/m3
The density of the gas in the cylinder is 30.0 kg/m3.
Example 3

A pool containing a liquid with a density of 1,000 kg/m3 at the surface of an unknown planet
produces a pressure of 8,400 Pa at a depth of 1.2 m.What is the acceleration due to gravity
at the surface of this planet?
Complete Pressure in Liquids Worksheet Posted on
Google Classroom. You are to add these questions to
the Pressure in Solids HW Submission. All working
must be shown
Pascal's Law and Hydraulics
Example 2
2. Mr. Sharlow is raising a 2000kg car on his hydraulic lift. If the area of the input piston
is 9cm2, while the area of the output piston is 630 cm2, what force must be exerted on the
input piston to lift the car?
Example 3
3. An engineering student wants to build a hydraulic pump to lift a 1,815 N crate. The pump will
have two pistons connected via a fluid chamber. The student calculates that a force of 442 N will be
exerted on the small piston, which will have an area of 50.2 cm2 . What must the area of the large
piston be to exert the desired force?
U Manometer and Barometer Problems
Example 2
Example 3
End of pressure

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