Hi, i have a friend that showed me this picture. The first container is being filled by a water pump and it gets emptied in another container below, which is getting emptied in another container below as well. All the pipes have the same dimensions and as you can see the water pump is powerful enough to fill the first container to a certain level see while its getting emptied. The water level is higher on the first containers. I don´t know if this scenario could take place in reality to begin with, but supposing this could take place:
What could be the reason the water level is higher on the first containers??
I understand that in the first container the water level rises untill the exiting water flow is equal to the entering water flow (the exiting water flow increases thanks to the increasing water pressure because of the water column).
Is the entering water flow the same in all the containers when a situation of balance is reached among all containers??
mean, on the first container the exiting water flow (which would be eventually equal to the entering water flow) is the entering water flow of the second container, right? same would happen to the third container, right? Then why doesn´t the water rise to the same level on all containers eventually? I know the height at which the containers is located has a rol on all this, but i feel like it would be the lowest containers the ones that should have higher water level.
Fluids was always my weakness and i have forgotten a lot of it.
I know there should be a continuity, and that the pressure, kinetic and potential energy should be constant along all the way. The water on the first container should have more potential energy, so.. would it have less kinetic and pressure in the pipes compared to the other containers below? Correct me if im wrong (pretty sure i am) but if the pipes have the same dimensions, and the water flow is the same... shouldn´t the speed of water be the same in the pipes? Are the pressure and height the only difference between the pipes? The potential energy on the first pipe (the one that connects the first and second container) is higher than on the second pipe. Does that imply that the pressure in the first pipe is lower than in the second pipe? But i see that the first pipe is subjected to more pressure becuase the first container has higher water level... im probably messing up.
Could anyone kindly explain this mess to me? As i pointed out, maybe this situation couldn´t be real to begin with.
Thanks in advance.
What could be the reason the water level is higher on the first containers??
I understand that in the first container the water level rises untill the exiting water flow is equal to the entering water flow (the exiting water flow increases thanks to the increasing water pressure because of the water column).
Is the entering water flow the same in all the containers when a situation of balance is reached among all containers??
mean, on the first container the exiting water flow (which would be eventually equal to the entering water flow) is the entering water flow of the second container, right? same would happen to the third container, right? Then why doesn´t the water rise to the same level on all containers eventually? I know the height at which the containers is located has a rol on all this, but i feel like it would be the lowest containers the ones that should have higher water level.
Fluids was always my weakness and i have forgotten a lot of it.
I know there should be a continuity, and that the pressure, kinetic and potential energy should be constant along all the way. The water on the first container should have more potential energy, so.. would it have less kinetic and pressure in the pipes compared to the other containers below? Correct me if im wrong (pretty sure i am) but if the pipes have the same dimensions, and the water flow is the same... shouldn´t the speed of water be the same in the pipes? Are the pressure and height the only difference between the pipes? The potential energy on the first pipe (the one that connects the first and second container) is higher than on the second pipe. Does that imply that the pressure in the first pipe is lower than in the second pipe? But i see that the first pipe is subjected to more pressure becuase the first container has higher water level... im probably messing up.
Could anyone kindly explain this mess to me? As i pointed out, maybe this situation couldn´t be real to begin with.
Thanks in advance.
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