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written by Carl Rod Nave
This page of Hyperphysics, from Georgia State University, develops the relationship between tension, pressure, and radius in a balloon. The same ideas are then applied to the walls of spherical and cylindrical containers. Several links provide further information.
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Classical Mechanics
- Applications of Newton's Laws
= Pressure
Fluid Mechanics
- Statics of Fluids
= Static Pressure
Modern Physics
- Biophysics
- High School
- Lower Undergraduate
- Informal Education
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Keywords:
fluid pressure, force, pressure, stress, tension, vessel
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C. Nave, (2005), WWW Document, (http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/ptens.html).
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C. Nave, Wall Tension (2005), <http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/ptens.html>.
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Nave, C. (2005). Wall Tension. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/ptens.html
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Nave, Carl Rod. Wall Tension. 2005. http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/ptens.html (accessed 25 April 2024).
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