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Homework Statement
Two Piston cylinders are connected by a pipe with radius (Rp). Piston 1 which is located at height (h1) with an area (a1) is pushed down with a force (F1). In the opposite cylinder, Piston 2 is at a height (h2) with an area (a2), with force (F2) pushing up on the piston due to pascal's law. Piston system is filled with water with a viscosity (p).
Givens :
F1 = 100 N
Rp = 6 m
h1 = 5 m
h2 = 10 m
a1 = 10m^2
a2 = 20m^2
p = 1000kg/m^3
Given the information, what opposing force must be applied to piston 2, to make piston system stay in hydrostatic equilibrium?
Homework Equations
P = F/A
P=rho*g*h
delta h = h2 - h1
The Attempt at a Solution
I initially looked at this and thought that pascal's law would be able to work, however upon inspection, cannot be used due to the different liquid height.
With that in mind I started to take the Summation of the forces
F = P * A
F = rho*gravity*height
height of 1 : h2-h1 = 5m = h1
height of 2 : 10m
Sum F : F2 + F1 = 0
This is where I'm unsure, we have a pipe that connects the both and I know the velocity of the liquid accelerates in the area of the small tube, so it would make a difference in the equation.
F1 = P1 A1 + Ppipe Apipe
F2 = P2 A2 + Ppipe Apipe
this is where I'm stuck