Pascal's law and hydraulic lift
Push a small piston to lift a car on a large piston: pressure is transmitted equally, force is multiplied by A₂/A₁ while distance is divided — work stays the same.
About this experiment
| Subject | Physics |
|---|---|
| Class | 11 |
| Chapter | 9. Mechanical Properties of Fluids |
| NCERT section | 9.2 |
| Level | NCERT level |
| Time | about 12 minutes |
| Access | Free, no card needed |
What you do in the lab
Change the controls and watch the physics behave in real time in 3D. Live readouts and graphs show the numbers behind it, and the Learn tab has the theory, procedure, observations and viva questions. Works on a phone or a laptop, in English and Hindi.
Topics: Pascal's law · hydraulic lift · pressure · force multiplier · incompressible
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