Affiliation:
1. Department of Meteorology, University of ReadingPO Box 243, Reading RG6 6BB, UK
Abstract
In curved geometries the hydrostatic pressure in a fluid does not equal the weight per unit area of the fluid above it. General weight–pressure and mass–pressure relationships for hydrostatic fluids in any geometry are derived. As an example of the mass–pressure relationship, we find a geometric reduction in surface pressure as large as 5 mbar on Earth and 39 mbar on Titan. We also present a thermodynamic interpretation of the geometric correction which, as a corollary, provides an independent proof of the hydrostatic relationship for general geometries.
Subject
General Physics and Astronomy,General Engineering,General Mathematics
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