Living Physics Portal: Fluid Statics Pre-Class Work

Abstract: This unit describes fluid statics of incompressible fluids. We apply fundamental ideas about pressure and buoyancy to blood pressure, lung inflation, and other physiological situations where ideas about pressure and surface tension are relevant. A series of conceptual questions and problems suitable for large classroom instruction are included, with follow-up homework problems to provide students practice with applying the fundamental ideas to new situations. Students learn to differentiate between force, pressure, and surface tension, and to identify the settings in which each is idea is most useful.

Resource Types: Pre-class assignment

Authors:

Ben Geller

Swarthmore College

Catherine Crouch

Swarthmore College

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Physics Topics:

Fluid Mechanics > Statics of Fluids > Density and Buoyancy, Static Pressure

Life Sciences Topics:

Human and Animal Physiology > Cardiovascular System > Healthy Cardiovascular Function

Human and Animal Physiology > Respiratory System > Healthy Respiratory Function

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