dependence of pressure on height/depth from sea level?? ?
Hello Friends,
Is there any dependence of pressure on height/depth from sea level? ?
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Hello Friends,
Is there any dependence of pressure on height/depth from sea level? ?
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Yes. The variation of pressure in a fluid at different height is due to gravity and is called hydrostatic pressure. It is defined as:
p - p0 = rho * g * h
where
h = z - z0 is the height from the reference point 0 (arbitrary)
p0 is the pressure at reference point 0
rho is the fluid density
g is the gravity (assumed constant)
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