Rockets
and jet planes eject burnt gases with force. The gas in turn
react on the rocket or jet plane with force called thrust.
Similarly water coming out of a plastic or rubber pipe exert
thrust on it. Thrust and pressure are properties of fluids
(gases and liquids). The total force exerted by a fluid (liquid
or gas) on any surface in contact with it, is called thrust.
Thrust is measured in newton (N). The thrust exerted by fluid
at rest per unit area of the surface in contact with the fluid
(liquid/gas) is called pressure.
The air exerts pressure, you fill air in cycle or scooter/motor
cycle tyres upto a certain pressure, the astronaughts and
soldiers in places like Siachin wear pressure suits to avoid
bleeding. Blood pressure becomes higher than atmospheric pressure
at high attitudes. Under sea water, pressure put by it on
the body is quite high.
The normal atmospheric pressure is one atmospheric pressure
and according to the definition
p
= F/A, its value in Nm-2 is
1 atmosphere = 1.014 x 105 Nm-2
Normal atmospheric pressure is also measured in terms of
centimetre or milimetre of mercury, 1 atm = 76 cm = 760
mm of mercury.
The SI unit of pressure is Nm-2. Pressure is
measured in pascal (Pa)
1 Pa = 1 Nm-2
The air or gas pressure is also measured in bar or torr.
1 atmos = 1.014 bar
and 1 torr = 1 m m of mercury 133.3 N m-2
1 atmos = 760 torr