Bernoulli’s Principle seems to say that increased flow velocity causes less pressure. This does make sense, since pressure takes energy and so does motion, so with a fixed amount of energy of course there’s a tradeoff. But in every example I can think of, the opposite seems to be true. If you put your thumb over a hose nozzle, the water goes faster and there’s also increased pressure on your thumb. The higher you turn the water flow, the faster the water flows and the stiffer the hose becomes. What am I missing?
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If I’m not mistaken the water escapes the higher pressure caused from your thumb in the nozzle into the much lower atmospheric pressure which as per Bernoullis principle would come with an increase in velocity
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