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SECTION 9-3<br />

Classroom Practice<br />

The following may be used<br />

as teamwork exercises or for<br />

demonstration at the chalkboard<br />

or on an overhead projector.<br />

PROBLEM<br />

Bernoulli’s equation<br />

A camper creates a shower by<br />

attaching a tube to the bottom of a<br />

hanging bucket that is open to the<br />

atmosphere on top. If the water<br />

level in the tank is 3.15 m above<br />

the end of the tube (the shower<br />

head), then what is the speed of<br />

the water exiting the tube?<br />

Answer<br />

7.86 m/s<br />

A pipe narrows from a cross<br />

section of 2.0 m 2 to 0.30 m 2 .If<br />

the speed of the water flowing<br />

through the wider area of the<br />

pipe is 8.0 m/s, what is the speed<br />

of the water flowing through the<br />

narrow part?<br />

Answer<br />

53 m/s<br />

Assuming incompressible flow,<br />

what is the change in pressure as<br />

the pipe narrows?<br />

Answer<br />

1.4 × 10 6 Pa<br />

336<br />

336<br />

SAMPLE PROBLEM 9D<br />

PROBLEM<br />

SOLUTION<br />

1. DEFINE<br />

2. PLAN<br />

3. CALCULATE<br />

4. EVALUATE<br />

Chapter 9<br />

Bernoulli’s equation<br />

A water tank has a spigot near its bottom. If the top of the tank is open to<br />

the atmosphere, determine the speed at which the water leaves the spigot<br />

when the water level is 0.500 m above the spigot.<br />

Given: h 2 − h 1 = 0.500 m<br />

Unknown: v 1 = ?<br />

Diagram:<br />

2<br />

h2<br />

P2<br />

h1<br />

Choose an equation(s) or situation: Because this problem involves fluid flow<br />

and differences in height, it requires the application of Bernoulli’s equation.<br />

P 1 + ⎯ 1<br />

2 ⎯rv 1 2 + rgh1 = P 2 + ⎯ 1<br />

2 ⎯rv 2 2 + rgh2<br />

Point 1 is at the hole, and point 2 is at the top of the tank. If we assume that the<br />

hole is small, then the water level drops very slowly, so we can assume that v 2 is<br />

approximately zero. Also, note that P 1 = P 0 and P 2 = P 0 because both the top of<br />

the tank and the spigot are open to the atmosphere.<br />

P 0 + ⎯ 1<br />

2 ⎯rv 1 2 + rgh1 = P 0 + rgh 2<br />

Rearrange the equation(s) to isolate the unknown(s):<br />

1<br />

⎯<br />

2 ⎯rv<br />

2<br />

1 = rgh2 − rgh1 v 1 2 = 2g(h2 − h 1)<br />

v1 = 2g (h 2− h 1) <br />

Substitute the values into the equation(s) and solve:<br />

v1 = 2( 9. 81 m/s 2 (0.500 )<br />

v 1 = 3.13 m/s<br />

A quick estimate gives the following:<br />

1<br />

v1 ≈ 2( 10 )(0. 5) ≈ 3<br />

A2<br />

A1<br />

P1<br />

v1<br />

m)<br />

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