PRESSURE

Pressure
N

Pressure = Force
Area
N/m2 or Pa
m2
Camels
Snow shoes
Caterpillar tracks
House foundations
Drawing pins
Calculating your own pressure
 Pressure under a car
• Mass = 2000kg
• Weight = mg = 2000x10 = 20000N
• Area = ?
• Pressure = ?
 Today’s lesson
• How do gases exert pressure
• Pressure in liquids
• Understanding hydraulic systems
Year 7 – a reminder
Solids, liquids and gases
 Pressure in a gas

http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/ideal-gas/gas-properties.jnlp
Liquids

Liquids cannot be compressed

because the particles are
already close together
 This means that
Liquids liquids can be used
to send forces from
one place to another
in hydraulic systems

Liquids cannot be compressed

because the particles are
already close together
 Hydraulic systems
Area is 16x bigger, so
for the pressure to be
Pressure in liquid = F/A
the same the pushing
force on the piston
must be 16x bigger!

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