Head pressure from hundreds of feet of depth behind a dam drives the mighty generators below. Divide the depth in inches by 27.71-inches/psi, or the depth in feet by 2.31-feet/psi which are the English unit conversion factors. The result is the water head pressure expressed in psi.
Answer:
The pressure of the water is 58.8 Kpa
Explanation:
We know that:
Level of water = Height, h = 6 m
Acceleration due to Gravity, g = 9.8 ms⁻¹
Density of Water, ρ = 1000 Kgm⁻³
Pressure of fluid = ρ*g*h ........................ (1)
Substitute the above known parameters in the equation
Pressure of fluid = 1000 x 9.8 x 6 (Kgm⁻³ x ms⁻¹ x m)
Pressure of fluid = 1000 x 9.8 x 6 (Kgm⁻³ x ms⁻¹ x m)
Pressure of fluid = 58,800 Kg/s/m² or 58,800 Pa or 58.8 Kpa
