Bernoulli's principle is a concept in fluid dynamics that relates pressure, speed and height. For example, for a fluid flowing horizontally, Bernoulli's principle states that an increase in the speed
Condensation visible over the upper surface of an Airbus A340 wing caused by the increase in relative humidity accompanying the fall in pressure and temperature
Smoked air-flow of modified Bernoulli-based gripper for grasping textile materials . By redirecting air flows, it is possible to eliminate vibration of materials during their grasping and manipulation by robots.
Blowing over a piece of paper causes it to rise. Blowing under a piece of paper also causes it to rise. Neither is a demonstration of Bernoulli's Principle.
A ping pong ball is held in a diagonal stream of air. While it is often claimed this is due to the stream having lower pressure than the surrounding air, this explanation is erroneous.
Daniel Bernoulli was a Swiss mathematician and physicist and was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family from Basel. He is particularly remembered for his applications of math
Bernoulli's principle
…that an increase in the speed occurs simultaneously with a decrease in pressure. The principle is named after the Swiss mathematician and physicist Daniel Bernoulli, who published it in his book Hydrodynamica in 1738. Although Bernoulli deduced that pressure decreases when the flow speed increases, it was Leonhard…
Portrait of Daniel Bernoulli, c. 1720-1725
A 1738 copy of Bernoulli's Hydrodynamica
First page of the first section of a 1738 copy of Hydrodynamica