Forum: The Classroom Topic: Everything makes sense now! started by: DeadAnztac Posted by DeadAnztac on Jul. 14 2001,22:47
One of the questions that has been troubling me in my sleep was answered today when I read this on Slashdot today!
quote: Wow! Posted by solid on Jul. 14 2001,22:57
A mini hurricane from the dropping water? Interesting.No, I'm actually serious, I mean who would've thought that water drops falling down in a repeated pattern cause a sort of hurricane? Wait.. a hurricane? Don't you mean a tornado? Posted by SLATE on Jul. 14 2001,23:04
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Posted by jiggyfresh on Jul. 15 2001,00:00
spare me the techno mumbo jumboWHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN!?!? and where can i get some Tang round here! ------------------ quote: Posted by PersonGuy on Jul. 15 2001,00:07
Wait wait... unless it was going hundreds of miles an hour... let's go with "mini tropical storm".------------------ Posted by Spydir on Jul. 15 2001,00:32
"mini-hurricane" is missleading. What they mean is, the same effects that cause a hurricane are happening in the shower, just on a much smaller scale. If you don't know jack diddly about low/high pressure systems and whatnot, either take high school earth science again or watch the weather channel, because I don't care to explain it right now...------------------ Posted by Rhydant on Jul. 15 2001,12:47
thats one hell of a waste of time... yay! im BACK! ------------------ Posted by askheaves on Jul. 15 2001,14:45
Bernoulli's Principle (spelling)As the velocity of a fluid increases, the pressure decreases. If you push water through a pipe, have a choke on the pipe (narrow section), then open it again, you'll find different pressures at all 3 regions (before, during, after... i don't remember which is which right now... i haven't had coffee). This is the same principle that allows flight. The air (a fluid) moving over the wing moves faster to cover a longer distance, so it's pressure is lower. That sucks the plane up like there's vaccum cleaners above the wings. In the shower, the water falling down (with the vortexes in the air created by the drops) creates a low pressure region, because the air outside the curtain is not moving. This sucks the curtain in like an aircraft wing. Hope this helps... all from memory That engineering degree was good for something! Posted by Non on Jul. 15 2001,17:54
Does it matter if the water is hot or cold?If it is hot then it will rise creating low pressure and the colder air on the other side of the curtain will push into the curtain attracted to the low pressure. At least that's what happens in my shower. /me has an evil genius moment: |