Hydrostatic pressure is not constant, but instead fluctuates with seasonal changes in rainfall and water tables. It can push water through wall-floor joints, opening close to your basement windows ...

A hydrostatic stress is one for which the diagonal terms of the stress tensor are of equal value and the off-diagonal terms are zero. For this situation the diagonal terms are equal to -p, where p is ...

Accurate prediction of bottomhole circulating temperature is important during drilling and completion of oil and gas wells and critical for properly designed cement slurries.

Internal hydrostatic pressure (turgor) is a major force driving the growth of hyphae in filamentous fungi. Here, Lew reviews the complex interplay of turgor, calcium gradients, transport of ...