Bernoulli’s Equation with Acceleration ()
ABSTRACT
For steady frictionless flow along a straight line, when a constant acceleration is applied parallel to that line, a term needs to be added to the standard form of Bernoulli’s equation. After so modifying, the equation then predicts that along a streamline, when the speed is high, the pressure is significantly lower than that if there were no acceleration. For example, one might think of a dense fluid falling down through a less dense fluid under gravity. Potential applications to vertical motions of the atmosphere, such as down bursts of cold dry air and warm humid updrafts in the eye of a hurricane, are mentioned.
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Kenyon, K. (2015) Bernoulli’s Equation with Acceleration.
Natural Science,
7, 488-490. doi:
10.4236/ns.2015.710050.