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A pitot tube (Figure) is used to determine the airspeed of an airplane. It consists of an outer tube with a number of small holes B (four are shown) that allow air into the tube; that tube is connected to one arm of a U-tube. The other arm of the U-tube is connected to hole Aat the front end of the device, which points in the direction the plane is headed. At Athe air becomes stagnant so that vA=0. At B, however, the speed of the air presumably equals the airspeed vof the plane.

(a) Use Bernoulli鈥檚 equation to show that, v=pghairwhere is the density of the liquid in the U-tube and his the difference in the liquid levels in that tube.

(b) Suppose that the tube contains alcohol and the level difference his 26.0cm. What is the plane鈥檚 speed relative to the air? The density of the air is 1.03kg/m3and that of alcohol is 810kg/m3.

Short Answer

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  1. Using Bernoulli鈥檚 principle, it is proved that v=2ghair.

  2. The plane鈥檚 speed relative to the air is 63.3m/s.

Step by step solution

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Given information

  1. The speed of air at the end A, vA=0m/s.

  2. At point B, the speed of air = the speed of the plane =v.

  3. The pitot tube is horizontal.

  4. The height difference in U-tube,h=26.0cm.

  5. The density of air,air=1.03kg/m3.

  1. The density of alcohol,=810kg/m3.
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Determining the concept

Using Bernoulli鈥檚 equation, find the given expression for the airspeed of the plane. Then, using this expression, find the airspeed of the plane for given values. According to Bernoulli鈥檚 equation, as the speed of a moving fluid increases, the pressure within the fluid decreases.

The equation is as follows:

鈭赌12g2h+constant

Where, p is pressure, v is velocity, h is height, g is an acceleration due to gravity, h is height, and is density.

03

(a) Proving that the airspeed of the plane is v=ρ^ghρair

The airflow obeys Bernoulli鈥檚 principle.

So,

A鈭赌12PigirghhA=B鈭赌12irghair

It is given that the pipe is horizontal andvA=0m/s.

Then,

p=A-pB=12air2

The difference in pressure is also indicated by the height difference in the liquid columns of the U-tube, i.e.,h.

Thus,

pgh

Hence, by combining these two equations,

12airv2=ghv=2ghair

Hence, using Bernoulli鈥檚 principle, it is proved thatv=2ghair.

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(b) Determining the plane’s speed relative to the air

Use the equation developed in part (a) to determine the plane鈥檚 speed relative to air as,

v=2ghair=2810kg/m39.8m/s226.010-2m1.03kg/m3=63.3m/3

Hence, the plane鈥檚 speed relative to the air is 63.3m/3.

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