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Hydrostatic Pressure
Hydrostatic Pressure: Pressure due to fluid column. A Fluid Statics formula in fluids engineering. Variables P, ρ, g and h, each with SI and imperial units.
Fluid Statics
Specification
- Name
- Hydrostatic Pressure
- Discipline
- fluids
- Category
- Fluid Statics
- LaTeX
- P = \rho gh
- Description
- Pressure due to fluid column
- Conditions
- Gauge pressure at depth in a constant-density fluid
- Can solve for
- P, ρ, h
- Tags
- hydrostatic, pressure, depth, static
Variables
| Symbol | Name | Unit | Si Unit | Imperial Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Pressure | Pa | Pa | psi |
| ρ | Fluid Density | kg/m³ | kg/m³ | slug/ft³ |
| g | Gravity | m/s² | m/s² | — |
| h | Depth | m | m | ft |