Yes. Fountains in old stately homes did not need pumps. They had a large pond or lake built on a nearby hill. Large bore pipe from the pond, gradually reducing in diameter until it reached the fountain.Above supply pressure ?
Sorry, but all that applies to “ideal” GASSES only.With apologies to any Chemists, Physicians or Mathematicians, Boyles Law says (Pressure [1] x Volume [1]) divided by Temperature [1] = (Pressure [2] x Volume [2]) divided by Temperature [2]
This effectively says that you can't change the pressure, volume or temperature in the initial state without a corresponding change in the second state...i.e if you're going to increase the pressure coming out of your hose you have to change either the volume or temperature...hope that makes sense, it's been far too many years! So, reducing the volume coming out (by sticking your finger over the end of the hose will reduce the volume passing and hence increase the pressure)
Pressure is depth x density, pipe size is irrelevant. What does change in that situation is the flow velocity.Yes. Fountains in old stately homes did not need pumps. They had a large pond or lake built on a nearby hill. Large bore pipe from the pond, gradually reducing in diameter until it reached the fountain.
The reducing diameter increased the pressure, enough to create a good fountain.
You mean Bernoulli's principle, essentially conservation of energy.More than a little worrying that 42% of people have no understanding of the basic principle of Boyle's law...
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(however the basic premise remains true - i.e. reducing the size of the aperture at the exit will increase pressure as the volume reduces)My apologies to all the learned physicists on the forum! I have never claimed a superior knowledge of fluid dynamics, but clearly far too many years have passed since I was last daydreaming in a classroom and not paying attention to the laws and principles of Boyle, Bernoulli, Pascal et al...(however the basic premise remains true - i.e. reducing the size of the aperture at the exit will increase velocity as the volume reduces)






