Dynamic pressure from speed¶
Dynamic pressure, sometimes called velocity pressure, is a physical quantity denoting the pressure caused by a flowing fluid.
Notes:
Many authors define this quantity only for incompressible flows, but others extend it for compressible flows as well.
Links:
- dynamic_pressure¶
dynamic_pressure
of the fluid.
- Symbol:
q
- Latex:
\(q\)
- Dimension:
pressure
- Symbol:
rho
- Latex:
\(\rho\)
- Dimension:
mass/volume
- flow_speed¶
flow_speed
of the fluid.
- Symbol:
u
- Latex:
\(u\)
- Dimension:
velocity
- law¶
q = rho * u^2 / 2
- Latex:
- \[q = \frac{\rho u^{2}}{2}\]