Consider a 3.9 kg freshwater fish whose tissues have an average density of 1050 kg/m^3. Part A To what volume in mL must the swim bladder be inflated for the fish to be neutrally buoyant at the surface? Part B What volume of air would have to be added to the swim bladder for the fish to remain neutrally buoyant at a depth of 20 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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