Efflux speed via pressure and density¶
The speed of a fluid flowing out from a small orifice can be expressed as a function of the fluid’s hydrostatic pressure and density.
Conditions:
The orifice is very small relative to the horizontal cross-section of the container.
The fluid is ideal.
- efflux_speed¶
flow_speed
of the fluid flowing out of the pipe.
- Symbol:
u
- Latex:
\(u\)
- Dimension:
velocity
- hydrostatic_pressure¶
hydrostatic_pressure
of the fluid.
- Symbol:
p
- Latex:
\(p\)
- Dimension:
pressure
- Symbol:
rho
- Latex:
\(\rho\)
- Dimension:
mass/volume
- law¶
u = sqrt(2 * p / rho)
- Latex:
- \[u = \sqrt{\frac{2 p}{\rho}}\]