Calculate the bouyant force on 10,000 tons of solid steel completely submerged in water, and compare this with the steel's weight. (b) What is the maximum bouyant force that the water could exert on this same steel if it were shaped into a boat that could displace 100000 cubic meter of wate
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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.
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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.
(a) Calculate the bouyant force on 10,000 tons of solid steel completely submerged in water, and compare this with the steel's weight. (b) What is the maximum bouyant force that the water could exert on this same steel if it were shaped into a boat that could displace 100000 cubic meter of water?
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