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  2. Pressure-gradient force - Wikipedia

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    In fluid mechanics, the pressure-gradient force is the force that results when there is a difference in pressure across a surface. In general, a pressure is a force per unit area across a surface. A difference in pressure across a surface then implies a difference in force, which can result in an acceleration according to Newton's second law of ...

  3. Kinetic theory of gases - Wikipedia

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    The temperature of the ideal gas is proportional to the average kinetic energy of its particles. The size of helium atoms relative to their spacing is shown to scale under 1,950 atmospheres of pressure. The atoms have an average speed relative to their size slowed down here two trillion fold from that at room temperature.

  4. Boyle's law - Wikipedia

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    Boyle's law is a gas law, stating that the pressure and volume of a gas have an inverse relationship. If volume increases, then pressure decreases and vice versa, when the temperature is held constant. Therefore, when the volume is halved, the pressure is doubled; and if the volume is doubled, the pressure is halved.

  5. Acceleration - Wikipedia

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    The acceleration of a falling body in the absence of resistances to motion is dependent only on the gravitational field strength g (also called acceleration due to gravity). By Newton's Second Law the force F g {\displaystyle \mathbf {F_{g}} } acting on a body is given by: F g = m g . {\displaystyle \mathbf {F_{g}} =m\mathbf {g} .}

  6. Hydrostatics - Wikipedia

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    g is the acceleration due to gravity; T is the absolute temperature; k is Boltzmann constant; M is the molecular mass of the gas; p is the pressure; h is the height; This is known as the barometric formula, and may be derived from assuming the pressure is hydrostatic.

  7. Bernoulli's principle - Wikipedia

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    The low pressure in the throat can be explained by Bernoulli's principle, where air in the throat is moving at its fastest speed and therefore it is at its lowest pressure. The carburetor may or may not use the difference between the two static pressures which result from the Venturi effect on the air flow in order to force the fuel to flow ...

  8. Coriolis force - Wikipedia

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    When considering atmospheric or oceanic dynamics, the vertical velocity is small, and the vertical component of the Coriolis acceleration (⁡) is small compared with the acceleration due to gravity (g, approximately 9.81 m/s 2 (32.2 ft/s 2) near Earth's surface). For such cases, only the horizontal (east and north) components matter.

  9. Rayleigh flow - Wikipedia

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    These properties make the Rayleigh flow model applicable for heat addition to the flow through combustion, assuming the heat addition does not result in dissociation of the air-fuel mixture. Producing a shock wave inside the combustion chamber of an engine due to thermal choking is very undesirable due to the decrease in mass flow rate and thrust.