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The venturi-meter works on

Asked in NEET 2023 · Venturimeter and flow measurement

Answer: (1) Bernoulli's principle

Step-by-step solution

Idea: a venturi-meter narrows a pipe and reads the pressure at the wide and narrow sections.

Continuity makes the fluid speed up in the throat, A₁v₁=A₂v₂.

Bernoulli then converts that gain in speed into a fall in pressure, P₁-P₂=1/2ρ(v₂²-v₁²).

Measuring the pressure difference therefore measures the flow rate.

So the instrument works on Bernoulli's principle.

Why the other options are wrong

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