Timeline for Does acceleration affect the pressure?
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| Feb 24, 2015 at 9:10 | comment | added | Phoenix87 | Just to be pedantic, the horizontal component of the acceleration would be zero, hence the pressure remains constant on horizontal surfaces. A helium balloon would still float upward in this case, as confirmed by experience. | |
| Feb 24, 2015 at 9:05 | comment | added | John Rennie | @HritikNarayan: constant velocity means the acceleration is zero, and therefore $\nabla P = 0$ and the pressure is the same everywhere. | |
| Feb 24, 2015 at 9:03 | comment | added | Hritik Narayan | Do you not think that a horizontal velocity would increase the air density at the back of the car, and hence increase the pressure there? | |
| Feb 24, 2015 at 9:01 | history | answered | Phoenix87 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |