Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
State and explain Pascal's law of transmission of pressure.
Advertisements
Solution
Pascal's law states that pressure applied to an enclosed liquid, is transmitted equally to every part of the liquid.
Means when pressure is applied at a point in a confined fluid, it is transmitted undiminished and equally in all directions throughout the liquid.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
The area of cross-sections of the pump plunger and press plunger of a hydraulic press is 0.02 m2 and 8 m2 respectively. If the hydraulic press overcomes a load of 800 kgf, calculate the force acting on the pump plunger.
P is the pressure at some point in a liquid. State whether pressure P is a scalar or vector quantity.
How does the liquid pressure on a diver change according to the following condition:
When the driver moves to the greater depth?
What is the use of altimeter?
Do all liquids exert pressure?
For what purpose is the acid battery hydrometer used?
Unit of pressure is
Match the following:
| 1. | Hydraulic press | a. | Archimedes |
| 2. | Cartesian Diver | b. | Floatation |
| 3. | Hydrostatic Balance | c. | Pascal’s law |
| 4. | Hydrometer | d. | Buoyancy |
A hydraulic press can lift 100 kg when a mass 'm' is placed on the smaller piston. It can lift ______ kg when the diameter of the larger piston is increased by 4 times and that of the smaller piston is decreased by 4 times keeping the same mass 'm' on the smaller piston.
