Re: [Phys-l] question about Bernoulli

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

The examples of which I know of relaxation depend on dissipation.  Is such occurring here, and, if so, what is the microscopic behavior.

bc prays he hasn't been reading too skimpily.


On 2010, Nov 23, , at 16:58, John Mallinckrodt wrote:

>  Depending on the size of the pipe and the speed of sound, the process of equilibration may take very little time or quite a long time, but eventually the pressure arranges itself self-consistently in order for the flow to become steady.
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> John Mallinckrodt
> Cal Poly Pomona
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