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.
Objects A, B, and C as shown have the same volume. Rank in order, from largest to smallest, the sizes of the buoyant forces FA , FB , and FC on A, B, and C. Explain.
The buoyant force is the fluid's property, which is applied over the surface of the immersed body. For the condition of equilibrium, the buoyant force applied in the upward direction is equal to the gravitational force acted downwards. Mathematically it can be formulated as,
Here, ρf is the fluid density, V is the displacement of body volume, and g is the acceleration due to gravity.
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