Why pressure at the cylinder input is higher than the pressu
Solution
I am assuming this is an IC engine and the working fluid is gaseous,
so it is a compressible flow system, in a transient (time varient) compressible system, pressure distributin is not uniform necessarily.
in the picture, it seems like the piston is at the bottom dead centre, or approaching BDC ( in the given picture the cylinder is upside down, so in this case the piston is at the top most point, do not confuse with the terms). At this position, the piston is retarding, so there will be ramming effect ( like when a door is closed suddenly while people are passing) so there will be a pile up of molecules near the piston topland, hence higher density and pressure than the average. It is a usual thing in an IC engine, increase in pressure at BDC during suction stroke and decreased pressure at TDC during exhaust stroke

