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Water distribution is about Energy? Yes!

Bernoulli and Water distribution systems

Together this gives us several forms of

energy:
1. Heat (related to the temperature of an object but not the
same).
2. Gravitational Potential Energy (GPE) given by GPE = mgh
3. Work from another force (friction, hand, etc.) Work = F*d
(along direction)
4. Mechanical energy (energy stored in a spring) Not
quantitative
5. Kinetic energy (Energy of a moving object)

Lecture 11:
- Water distribution
- Air pressure

Reminders:
HW5 due Thursday 9pm
Reading for Thursday: 16.1 / 16.2 Tuesday
Midterm 2: 2 weeks from Thursday
I will put up estimated final grades sometime this week or
weekend so you have an idea where you stand

Water distribution

Reading quiz

Or how conservation of energy governs EVERYTHING

water tower

reservoir
pipe
pump
buildings
Where does the water flow?
What determines the water pressure in different homes/heights?
How fast does water flow out of a faucet?
How do you pump water out of wells?
ALL ABOUT CONSERVATION OF ENERGY!
GPE = mgh
KE = mv2
Gravitational PE

Kinetic Energy

Still many other types.

6. Chemical (potential energy of bonds in materials)
7. Nuclear (potential energy in the nuclei of atoms)
8. Electrical energy (potential of a circuit or voltage to do
something)
9. Pressure Potential Energy TODAY!

PPE = PV
Pressure Potential

Pumps do work (Force x distance) (Energy from where)

Reading quiz
1. Bernoullis equation is all about
a. Conservation of momentum
b. Conservation of heat
c. Conservation of water
d. Conservation of potential energy
e. None of the above
2. Bernoullis equation describes
a. How the temperature of water changes as it flows through pipes.
b. The different amounts of water distributed to houses and industry
in a typical city.
c. The relationship between pressure, velocity, and height of water in
a pipe.
d. The relationship between the thickness of water pipes and the
pressure of the water they contain

1. Bernoullis equation is all about

a. Conservation of momentum
b. Conservation of heat
c. Conservation of water
d. Conservation of potential energy
e. None of the above
2. Bernoullis equation describes
a. How the temperature of water changes as it flows through pipes.
b. The different amounts of water distributed to houses and industry
in a typical city.
c. The relationship between pressure, velocity, and height of water in
a pipe.
d. The relationship between the thickness of water pipes and the
pressure of the water they contain
3. When water leaves a hose through a nozzle, the pressure
a. Increases
b. Decreases
c. Stays the same.

(all of the physics of water distribution system)

The super soaker (e.g. squirt guns)

Pump up the pressure inside just a little bit and squirt. If we pump it up
more, the water coming out will be:
a. going slower than before, b. going the same speed,
c. going faster.

3. When water leaves a hose through a nozzle, the pressure

a. Increases
b. Decreases
c. Stays the same.

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(all of the physics of water distribution system)

The super soaker (e.g. squirt guns)

Pressure potential energy (PPE)

What the heck is pressure anyway?
Pressure = Force
Area
Units: 1Pascal (Pa) = 1N/m2

Pump up the pressure inside just a little bit and squirt. If we pump it up
more, the water coming out will be:
a. going slower than before, b. going the same speed,
c. going faster.
You already know this from experience
Think conservation of energy.
- Pumping does work, energy in arm stored (potential) energy in tank
- When press trigger, PPE KE of water

The plunger of a syringe has an area of 1cm2.

I push the plunger with a force of 5N.
Whats the pressure exerted by the plunger on
the fluid inside?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

5N

5N/m
5 N/m2
500N/m2
50,000N/m
50,000N/m2

Blaise Pascal

Pressure potential energy (PPE)

(1623-1662)
What the heck is pressure anyway?
Pressure = Force
Area

1 N/m2 is named 1 Pa (1
Pascal)

Units: 1Pascal (Pa) = 1N/m2

Child prodigy (started major

contributions to mathematics at
16)

The plunger of a syringe has an area of 1cm2.

I push the plunger with a force of 5N.
Whats the pressure exerted by the plunger on
the fluid inside?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

5N/m
5 N/m2
500N/m2
50,000N/m
50,000N/m2

5N

Influential mathematician,
inventor, physicist, philosopher
invented some of the early
modern calculators

Pressure = F/A = 5N/((0.01)(0.01))m2 = 50000 N/m2

= 50000 Pa

Invented hydrostatics,
hydrodynamics, the syringe
(multiplies pressure)

Pressure potential energy (PPE)

Forms of energy in Super Soaker

New form of potential energy for fluids

PE is the energy of an object (or fluid) due to its CONDITION (situation,
surroundings etc)
Water of mass m, at height h has associated GPE = mgh because of its
(vertical) position
- work (mgh) was done to get the water from ground to that height
What does this work for reservoirs?
- Physical details of how the work was done or how water is being
supported is not important
Water of volume V at pressure P has associated Pressure Potential
Energy or PPE = PV
- Work (PV) was done to pressurize the water
- Physical details of how the work was done or how the pressure is
being maintained are not important
Check that PV has units of energy (J)
PV = N m3 = Nm = J
m2

Pressure
1. Pumping does work
transforming chemical
energy in my arm into
PPE.

I apply a force, compress

pump by a distance.
Work = force X distance.

Pressure
2. When I pull the
trigger, pressure does
work on the water.

Converts PPE into KE = mv2

What is
causing the
stream to
curve down?

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Energy in a water distribution system

The same three forms of energy exist in a water distribution system
If we add up energy in these forms, the sum must be constant.
It just sloshes back and forth between forms!

Bernoullis Equation
PV + mv2 + mgh = Etotal
But what mass of water are we talking about, what height?

PPE + KE + GPE = Etotal (constant)

PV + mv2 + mgh = Etotal
Consider one little bit of water of volume V and mass m:
Since Etotal is constant:
If one form of E changes, the other quantities must change correspondingly.
- If pressure changes (water comes out of nozzle), v changes.
- If height changes (go up in building), pressure or v changes, etc.

Replace m = rV where r is the fluid density

PV +

rVv2

+ rVgh = Etotal

(r = mass/volume
= 1000kg/m3 for water)

We can divide through by V to get the standard form for Bernoullis equation:
P + rv2 + rgh = Etotal/V

Like the cart coasting up and down hills with no

friction. Velocity and height are always connected
If you know velocity and height at one place,
can calculate it at all others.

(Etotal per unit volume )

Just good old conservation of energy with the terms relabeled

Since Etotal per vol is constant:
Know P, v and h at one point can calculate these quantities at another

notice we dropped the 1 atmosphere inside and out.

More on pressure

notice we dropped the 1 atmosphere inside and out.

Apply Bernoulli to Squirt Gun

Heres a bucket of water with a faucet attached.

What is the pressure at a depth H?

How is velocity of water out related to pressure inside gun?

Pinside

voutside

Bernoullis Equation:

h=0

P + rv2 + rgh = Etpv

Compare water at surface and at depth H

P + rv2 + rgh = Etotal per vol

P + r v2 = Etotal per vol

v = 0 everywhere P + rgh = Etpv

At surface: P = AP, h = 0
(constant)

Inside gun: P = Atmos Pres. + Ppump

Outside gun: P =Atmos Pres.,

Height constant so ignore GPE

v= 0

voutside is big

Etpv = AP

P?

AP + Ppump = Etotal per vol

At depth H:

AP + r voutside2 = Etotal per vol

AP + Ppump = AP + r voutside2
Ppump = r voutside2

P = AP + Pw, height = -H

Etpv = AP + Pw + rg(-H)
Faucet shut off, so
water is not moving.

voutside = sqrt(2 Ppump / r)

Etpv constant AP = AP + Pw rgH

0
Pw = rgH

Pw rgH

PH = AP + rgH

More on pressure
Atmospheric pressure

Heres a bucket of water with a faucet attached.

What is the pressure at a depth H?

Pressure at surface of water

= Atmospheric pressure (AP)
100,000 Pa (about 84 kPa in Boulder)

Bernoullis Equation:
P + rv2 + rgh = Etpv
Compare water at surface and at depth H

Pressure due to air molecules hitting

surface and exerting a force
Always present at surface of earth

v = 0 everywhere P + rgh = Etpv

At surface: P = AP, h = 0

Usually only interested in CHANGES in

water pressure and AP cancels out

Etpv = AP

AP + rgH
Faucet shut off, so
water is not moving.

At depth H: P = AP + Pw, height = -H

If so can set zero of water pressure at AP

(like setting zero of height somewhere
convenient)

Etpv = AP + Pw + rg(-H)
Etpv constant AP = AP + Pw rgH
Pw = rgH

PH = AP + rgH

Faucet shut off, so

water is not moving.

This pressure is exerted equally in all directions

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With the faucet off, the water is stopped at point C.

Rank the pressures at the three locations shown.

a)
b)
c)
d)

PA < PB < PC
PA < PB = PC
PA = PB = PC
PA = PB > PC

With the faucet off, the water is stopped at point C.

Rank the pressures at the three locations shown.

a)
b)
c)
d)

PA < PB < PC
PA < PB = PC
PA = PB = PC
PA = PB > PC

A: AP
B: AP + rgH
C: same pressure as B because they
are at the same depth.