Which Curve is Higher?

The yellow, or bottom, surface has the higher pressure. We probably could have predicted this from Bernoulli's equation. If the pressure plus some velocity term is a constant, then as velocity goes down, the pressure goes up. Since the bottom surface has the lower velocity, it must have the higher pressure.


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