Pressure and hydrostatics - Hydrostatic pressure distribution in a reservoir

In this video we review pressure and hydrostatics, to derive the pressure distribution in a reservoir. Pressure is a scalar. It applies normal to a surface and it is same in all directions (at a given location). The pressure gradient in a reservoir is hydrostatic and the vertical distribution of pressure in the reservoir has a triangular shape, with P = 0 at the water surface, and P increasing with increasing downward distance from the free-surface.
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CHANSON, H. (2014). "Applied Hydrodynamics: An Introduction." CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Leiden, The Netherlands, 448 pages & 21 video movies (ISBN 978-1-138-00093-3).
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