Editing Venturi effect (section)

{{Short description|Reduced pressure caused by a flow restriction in a tube or pipe}}
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[[File:Venturi5.svg|thumb|300x300px|The upstream [[static pressure]] (1) is higher than in the constriction (2), and the [[fluid]] [[speed]] at "1" is lower than at "2", because the cross-sectional area at "1" is greater than at "2".]]
[[File:VenturiFlow.png|right|thumb|A flow of air through a [[pitot tube]] Venturi meter, showing the columns connected in a [[manometer]] and partially filled with water. The meter is "read" as a differential pressure head in cm or inches of water.]]
[[File:Venturi Tube en.webm|thumb|Video of a Venturi meter used in a lab experiment]]
[[File:Venturi.gif|thumb|Idealized flow in a Venturi tube]]

The '''Venturi effect''' is the reduction in [[fluid pressure]] that results when a moving fluid speeds up as it flows from one section of a pipe to a smaller section. The Venturi effect is named after its discoverer, the Italian [[physicist]] [[Giovanni Battista Venturi]], and was first published in 1797.

The effect has various engineering applications, as the reduction in pressure inside the constriction can be used both for measuring the fluid flow and for moving other fluids (e.g. in a [[vacuum ejector]]).