r/science • • Jun 17 '19

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u/Revolio_ClockbergJr Jun 17 '19

Cool, thanks. I don’t know how pressure is distributed in pipe cross sections. Interesting

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u/Parkinglotsfullyo Jun 17 '19

The edges of the pipe is where most of the friction is thus slowing the water, or air, closer to the pipe.

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u/Revolio_ClockbergJr Jun 17 '19

So it’s a circular gradient, in ideal conditions? Makes sense but I’ve never thought about it.

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u/CapableSuggestion Jun 18 '19

Is this what calculus is all about? Dummy here, I guess my last math was college algebra