FIG. 35. buoyant force exerted upon any body immersed in a fluid (Fig. 35) is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body, and acts through the center of gravity of the body. Hydraulics of Open Channel Flow - Page xxiiby Hubert Chanson - 2004 - 650 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| Sir John Budd Phear - Fluid mechanics - 1852 - 172 pages
...body immersed in a fluid which is acted upon by gravity alone : the resultant of the same pressures is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body, its direction is vertical, and passes through the center of gravity of the fluid so displaced. Let... | |
| John Oren Reed - Physics - 1902 - 336 pages
...weight of that portion. Consequently, the buoyant force exerted upon any body immersed in a fluid, is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body, and acts through the center of gravity of the body. A result of this fact is that any body weighed... | |
| Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland - Civil engineering - 1906 - 336 pages
...the ralue of ir as 2J.) 1. Prove that the resultant pressure on a body immersed in a fluid at rest is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body. tity of water must be placed inside it in order that, when completely immersed in water, it may neither... | |
| Sidney Luxton Loney - Hydrostatics - 1905 - 332 pages
...of the water in the cistern. 5. Prove that the thrust exerted by a fluid on any body immersed in it is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body, and acts through the centre of gravity of this displaced fluid. A piece of metal, of weight 10 Ibs.,... | |
| Alphonse Berget - Aeronautics - 1909 - 402 pages
...Every body plunged into a fluid is subjected by this fluid to a "pressure "from below to above, which is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body. It is in virtue of this principle that ships float on the water and fish swim in it. When a body, the... | |
| John Oren Reed, Karl Eugen Guther - Physics - 1910 - 298 pages
...portion. Consequently, the FIG. 35. buoyant force exerted upon any body immersed in a fluid (Fig. 35) is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body, and acts through the center of gravity of the body. A result of this fact is that any body weighed... | |
| John Oren Reed, Karl Eugen Guther - Physics - 1911 - 296 pages
...portion. Consequently, FIG. 35. the buoyant force exerted upon any body immersed in a fluid (Fig. 85) is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body, and acts through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced. A result of this fact is that any body... | |
| John Oren Reed, Karl Eugen Guthe - Physics - 1911 - 670 pages
...portion. Consequently, FIG. 35. the buoyant force exerted upon any body immersed in a fluid (Fig. 35') is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body, and acts through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced. A result of this fact is that any body... | |
| John Oren Reed, Karl Eugen Guthe - Physics - 1911 - 658 pages
...portion. Consequently. Fio. Xt. the buoyant force exerted upon any body immersed in a fluid (Fig. 35) is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body, and acts through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced. weighs less than if weighed in air,... | |
| Charles William Hales - Home economics - 1915 - 352 pages
...with the depth of immersion; (b) The total upward pressure of a fluid on an immersed body of any shape is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body. The cylinder closed with a disc has been chosen for experiment because it has only vertical sides and... | |
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