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what is the difference between pressure and thrust?

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1. Thrust is the force acting on a body perpendicular to its surface.

SI unit=newton (N)

Thrust is one type of force that always perpendicular to the surface.

2. Pressure is the ratio of force applied on an object and the magnitude of contact area.

For example, if you are pushing on the surface of a table with a sharpened pencil, the applied pressure will be equal to the ratio of force applied and the area of contact between the table and your hand. The SI unit of pressure is Pascal (Pa).

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Thrust  is the  force  that  is acting  normal to a surface.

Pressure  is  thrust  acting on unit area.

  Pressure = thrust / area  (or)  Force / area

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thanku for your answer

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Adding to the above point

thrust acts on a body at a 90o or perpendicular to the abject

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thrust: net force in a particular directio

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not abject it is  object

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thurst is the perpendicular force acting on a body it's SI unit is N whereas pressure is force per unit area Its SI unit is Pascal OR N/m2.

Hope t helped u

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@Aditya Bhardwaj it surely did not help me at all

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thrust is same as force and force per unit area is pressure.

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Hi,

The force acting perpendicularly on the surface of an object is called as the thrust whereas the effect of thrust which depends upon the area on which force is applied is called pressure.

Thus, thrust is the perpendicular force and pressure is the force or thrust per unit area i.e.

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Thrust

Pressure

Thrust is the force acting perpendicularly on a surface

Pressure is the force acting per unit area of a surface

Its unit is Newton.

Its unit is Pascal or Nm-2

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thrust is nothin but the perpendicular force which acts upward to a body..the SI units of thrust is same as that of force .i.e. N

pressure is defined as the force acting on a surface per unit area..SI units of pressure is Pascal..

HOPE IT WILL HELP U.........

 
 

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force per unit area is known as pressure

while thrust is the force acting perpendicular to the surface of the object

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