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Young Scientist Lab: Bernoulli Balance

A jetliner can weigh over 300 tons, so why doesn’t it just drop out of the air?

3M’s SVP of Corporate Affairs, Denise Rutherford explains the Bernoulli principle and how without it, planes (and birds) couldn’t fly.

Daniel Bernoulli was a Swiss scientist and mathematician who documented important scientific principles in the eighteenth century. Particularly interesting was his work in fluid dynamics, by which the Bernoulli Principle was discovered. While Bernoulli discovered that pressure decreases when the flow speed increases, it was actually a man named Leonhard Euler who figured out Bernoulli’s equation in 1752. Nevertheless, Bernoulli’s work influenced pivotal technology that has changed our world forever, from carburetors in vehicles to airplane wings.


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Physics, Pressure
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Young Scientist Lab: Bernoulli Balance

A jetliner can weigh over 300 tons, so why doesn’t it just drop out of the air?

3M’s SVP of Corporate Affairs, Denise Rutherford explains the Bernoulli principle and how without it, planes (and birds) couldn’t fly.

Daniel Bernoulli was a Swiss scientist and mathematician who documented important scientific principles in the eighteenth century. Particularly interesting was his work in fluid dynamics, by which the Bernoulli Principle was discovered. While Bernoulli discovered that pressure decreases when the flow speed increases, it was actually a man named Leonhard Euler who figured out Bernoulli’s equation in 1752. Nevertheless, Bernoulli’s work influenced pivotal technology that has changed our world forever, from carburetors in vehicles to airplane wings.

Science Topics
Physics, Pressure
K-6, Middle School
Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

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Young Scientist Lab

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Tutorial
Video (Instructional)

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