Interactive Simulator

The Squirting Tank

Drag the depth gauge and pick a liquid, then change the tank's shape. The change in pressure below the surface is density times g times depth, with g = 9.8 N/kg. The jets show pressure rising with depth, the graph shows it rising in a straight line, and switching shapes proves the pressure depends only on depth and density, never on the container.

Tank shape
Same depth, a narrow tube vs a wide tank: the pressure at the base is
density ρ 1000 kg/m³
depth Δh 2.0 m
g 9.8 N/kg
Δp = ρgΔh 19600 Pa