| | Fluent NEWS - Winter 2001 - Shower Curtain Grabs Scientist But He Lives to Tell Why (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28) |
 | | According to Bernoulli's equation, the static pressure in a fluid decreases as the fluid velocity increases. |
 | | The low pressure at the center of the vortex, reminiscent of the low pressure at the center of a hurricane, was found to be lower than that caused by the Bernoulli effect alone. |
 | | While it is cert ainly a combination of the vortex, Bernoulli effect, and buoyancy that lead to t he curtain behavior in a hot shower, Schmidt's results suggest that the vortex motion is the dominant factor that drives this phenomenon. |
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