0.1 Derivation of Unsteady Bernoulli's Equation: 2.016 Hydrodynamics
0.1 Derivation of Unsteady Bernoulli's Equation: 2.016 Hydrodynamics
016 Hydrodynamics
Professor A.H. Techet
DV V
1
= + V V
Dt t 2
= ,
Also for irrotational ow, we can use the velocity potential V and we have
DV
1
= +
Dt t 2
The forces acting on Bob are pressure and gravity, so the momentum equation becomes
1
+
= p g k = p (gz)
t 2
d
dz
(gz)
1
+ + p + gz = 0
t 2
And in one last glorious step, we integrate all the spacial derivatives (i.e. knock the nabla out), and we
have the unsteady Bernoullis Equation;
1
+ + p + gz = F (t)
t 2
where F (t) is some function of t (is the constant of integration).