Applications of Pascal’s Law
The application of Pascal’s Law can be seen throughout industries. Some of the applications are as follows:
- Hydraulic Lift
- Hydraulic Jack
Now let’s learn about them in detail.
Hydraulic Lift
By applying Pascal’s Law of transmission in real life, we can use it to lift heavy equipment such as cars, trucks, cargo containers, etc. As the ratio of force and the cross-sectional area remains constant throughout the liquid, applying a small force to the small cross-sectional area can exert higher force at a high cross-sectional area, so that ratio remains the same. The image added below shows a hydraulic lift lifting a vehicle.
Hydraulic Jack
Hydraulic Jacki is the less powerful version of the Hydraulic lift which can help us lift our cars or heavy motor vehicles partially for maintenance and other purposes. It uses the same principle but on a small scale. The hydraulic jack is shown in the image below.
Other than the above-mentioned use cases Hydraulic Braking Systems and Hydraulic Pumps also leverages the same principles to stop cars/heavy motor vehicles and pump water respectively.
Pascal’s Law
Pascal’s law establishes the relation between pressure and the height of static fluids. A static fluid is defined as a fluid that is not in motion. When the fluid is not flowing, it is said to be in hydrostatic equilibrium. For a fluid to be in hydrostatic equilibrium, the net force on the fluid must be zero. This law can be applied to a wide range of real-life applications and hydraulic machines are one of the widely used applications of this law. These hydraulic systems allow us to design shockers and heavy-lifting machines.
Table of Content
- What is Pascal’s Law?
- Pascal Law Formula
- Difference of Pressure in Column
- Pascal’s Law Definition
- Example of Pascal’s Law
- Pascal’s Law Derivation
- Applications of Pascal’s Law
- Sample Problems on Pascal’s Law