When shear stresses are present in a fluid, the pressure at a point is:

When shear stresses are present in a fluid, the pressure at a point is: Correct Answer Not equal in all directions

Concept:

Pascal’s principle: 

  • Pascal’s Law is the principle of transmission of fluid pressure.
  • It says that "a pressure exerted anywhere in a point of the confined fluid is transmitted equally in all directions throughout the fluid”.

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  • When fluid is in the flowing state the pressure is also influenced by the viscous effect of the liquid.
  • if fluid is viscous and moving then both the conditions of being ideal and static is not maintained by the fluid and hence pressure at a point in a fluid is not the same in all directions.
  • So, If shear stresses in liquid then pressure at a point in a fluid is not equal in all directions.

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