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Pressure in fluids in the presence of gravity

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So much has been written about the word “model” that one hesitates to use it. It has nevertheless been used here and there in the previous chapters, primarily to draw attention to the distinction between something constructed from a description of reality on the one hand and an ordinary object on the other. The words “theory” or “theoretical” very soon appear if a more elaborate definition of the term “model” is attempted, since it is difficult to imagine an object without doing anything with it and that is when a theory is required. Here we will be trying to devise a model for the study of fluids in equilibrium in the presence of gravity, and the theory involved will be Newtonian theory, whether for static or kinetic analysis; the latter will also bring a statistical approach to the study of the dynamics of the particles involved.

In association with Ugo Bessen, the main author of the study

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Besson, U. (2003). Pressure in fluids in the presence of gravity. In: Viennot, L. (eds) Teaching Physics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0121-2_4

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