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October 26, 2007, 23:26
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why pressure is scalar
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why pressure is treated as a scalar quantity ?
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October 27, 2007, 02:34
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Have you studied continuum mechanics, or tensor calculus, at college?
This will give you the answer you need. mw... <www.adthermtech.com/wordpress2> <www.adthermtech.com/wordpress3> |
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October 27, 2007, 20:58
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Simply put, a scalar has a magnitude but no direction. A vector has both a magnitude and a direction. For example, speed is a scalar (I'm going 60 mph in my car), but velocity is a vector (I'm going 60 mph northeast).
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