1. A small metal pan of length 100cm, width 20cm and depth 4cm is floating in water. When a uniform vertical load of 1.5 N/m is applied as shown in Figure Q1, the pan assumes the given configuration. Find the weight of the pan and the magnitude of the righting moment developed by the change in the position of the line of action of the buoyant force. 4cm 20cm W FB 1.5 N/m
Fluid Pressure
The term fluid pressure is coined as, the measurement of the force per unit area of a given surface of a closed container. It is a branch of physics that helps to study the properties of fluid under various conditions of force.
Gauge Pressure
Pressure is the physical force acting per unit area on a body; the applied force is perpendicular to the surface of the object per unit area. The air around us at sea level exerts a pressure (atmospheric pressure) of about 14.7 psi but this doesn’t seem to bother anyone as the bodily fluids are constantly pushing outwards with the same force but if one swims down into the ocean a few feet below the surface one can notice the difference, there is increased pressure on the eardrum, this is due to an increase in hydrostatic pressure.
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