Again, a firearm analogy: Without out knowing the pressure behind the mass displacement, then the only way to determine velocity (as in muzzle velocity with out knowing pressures developed by a specific powder/propellant charge) would be with a chronometer. Or at least that would be the easiest way...
no it would be 1 atmosphere over dispacement i think.........hell i did my degree over 20 years ago........wish i handnt looked out the windows in cals n science lol..............
Well let me tell you something. The only way to calculate the velocity is to know the pressure diffrence between the start of the pipe and the end of the pipe. The pressure difference is the driving force...Then you can write an energy conservation equation and find the velocity at the end of the pipe.
True, but that still doesn't give us enough information.
I've been building and tinkering with guns my whole life and specialize in muzzleloaders and this is nothing more than a "steam gun." Or at least it can thought of in those terms. (Helps my feeble brain to associate with things I know about. lol) And without knowing the initial head pressure, i.e., propellant force, we cannot safely and surely conclude a velocity without a chronometer.
P1 is the pressure at the start of the pipe, u1 is the initial velocity, g is the accelaration of gravity, z1 and z2 are the heights of the start and the end of the pipe from the ground and u2 is the velocity you ask.
And "thick" is the density of my head at 07:30 and yes! My coffee is steaming! I wonder how the garden is doing? (And I still don't like listening to U2! )
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