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Chapter 14, Problem 54E

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Problem 54E

What physics principle underlies these three observations? When passing an oncoming truck on the highway, your car tends to sway toward the truck. The canvas roof of a convertible automobile bulges upward when the car is traveling at high speeds. The windows of older trains sometimes break when a high-speed train passes by on the next track.

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Problem 54E

What physics principle underlies these three observations? When passing an oncoming truck on the highway, your car tends to sway toward the truck. The canvas roof of a convertible automobile bulges upward when the car is traveling at high speeds. The windows of older trains sometimes break when a high-speed train passes by on the next track.

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These three phenomena are as a part of Bernoulli’s principle. According to the Bernoulli’s principle, the pressure inside the region of a fluid will be decreased as the flow velocity of the fluid increases.

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