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¶

Speed of the fluid flowing out of the pipe.

Symbol:: v

hydrostatic_pressure¶

Hydrostatic pressure of the fluid.

Symbol:: p

density¶

Density of the fluid.

Symbol:: rho
Latex:: \(\rho\)

law¶

v = sqrt(2 * p / rho)

Latex:: \[v = \sqrt{\frac{2 p}{\rho}}\]