Fluid Mechanics - Buoyant Force

Question 1

archimede’s principle

Answer 1

• When an object is in a fluid, it experiences an upward buoyant force, Fb, that equals the weight of the fluid displaced by the object.

Question 2

buoyant force

Answer 2

• an upward force exerted by a fluid that opposes the weight of an immersed object. In a column of fluid, pressure increases with depth as a result of the weight of the overlying fluid.