Buoyant force Definition and 144 Threads

I'm trying to figure out how I would calculate the rate at which a submarine (or any vaguely cylindrical object) ascends or descends in seawater given a certain buoyancy or change in buoyancy. For example, if my submarine is 2000 feet below sea level and weighs 393 metric tons (with empty...

This is for an article I'm writing with other members of my lab. There's a section on the equivalence principle applied to a balloon attached to an accelerated reference frame. I'd like to talk about any possible differences in buoyant behavior for different gas models (ideal, van der Waals...

My answer : According to the question, the glass and the air inside it entered the water. Let's assume that the net force becomes zero at a moment, that is, the sum of the weight force and F is equal to the buoyancy force. By going down in the water, the gas volume decreases, so the buoyancy...

What happens to the buoyant force at the surface of the water for an object? The buoyant force should be greater than the weight of the object if the object were to float up but once the object floats to the surface, there is no more acceleration upwards which means the buoyant force = weight of...

The result is supposed to be 12,2 m but every time I get 8,016 m... I used for example this formula >r=m/[(density of air-density of hot air)*(4/3)*pi] For density I used > rho=(p*M)/(R*T) Am I forgetting something? Thanks in advance.

I just have a question that could you guys make an equation that expresses the terminal velocity based on followed condition? - When diameter increase, velocity decrease - velocity should change depending on both cylinder and sphere's diameter - We know every variable - The sphere is in...

Hello there, I have a quite different approach on answering the part c and d of this problem. Can you guys help me to see if my method is acceptable or logical? (I got the same answers as the back of the textbook, however my methods differ from the solutions manual). Here is my answer/attempt at...

(this problem is slightly modified from the original problem.) There is a contact force(friction and normal force) between the wedge and the walls of the container and there is a fluid thrust acting on the side of the wedge in contact with the fluid( this force is normal to the slanted surface...

Recently I viewed the Searaser video at After watching it, I feel the numbers given in the video could be wrong but not sure. So I'd like to know how I can calculate the amount of water pushed by the Searaser device at some height in one wave shot e.g. at 100 ft, 200 ft and 300 ft above sea...

Since they're all in the same liquid I'm assuming the buoyant forces would be the same on each block. But then I think about the volumes of the blocks, and them being different. I'm not sure if the block's volume would affect the buoyant force. Any help would be great, thanks!

We say that buyont force act upwards (in usual cases) and that the normal force exerted by the base of a container (of liquid) on a object is less than its true weight, so a weghing machine will give smaller reading (in terms of value) than expected. But suppose a cube sinks in water. Now water...

Homework Statement Balls A and B of equal mass are floating in a swimming pool, as shown below. Which will produce a greater buoyant force? a. Ball A b. Ball B c. Force will be equal d. Impossible to determine without knowing the volume of each ball In the picture given, it is clear that...

Homework Statement A hemispherical portion of radius R is removed from the bottom of a cylinder of radius R. The volume of the remaining cylinder is V and its mass is M. It is suspended by a string in a liquid of density ρ where it stays vertical. The upper surface of the cylinder is at a depth...

Calculate the buoyant force (in N) on a 2.00 L helium balloon. Work: Upward is Buoyant Downward is weight due to gravity $$\Sigma F=0$$ $B-mg=0$ $B=mg$ $\rho=m/V$ $m=\rho*V$ $B=\rho_{fluid}*V_{fluid}*g$ I am stuck on $m=\rho*V$. Am I missing something?

Should be a simple question. Hopefully... Buoyant object rising in water pulls on a cord attached to a generator. How much power is generated? Object Volume = 100m2 Liquid is plain water = H2O Depth = 100m I understand that Archimedes Principle is the buoyant force = the weight of the...

1. The task is to figure out if the buoyant force is proportional to the mass of the object that is being sunk in the fluid (the fluid in this case water). I had an answer and that the buoyant force is proportional to the mass, but my answer only took into consideration objects with the same...

Homework Statement A certain man has a mass of 85.0 kg and a density of 995 kg/m3 (exclusive of the air in his lungs). (a) Calculate his volume. .0854 m3 (b) Find the buoyant force air exerts on him. N (c) What is the ratio of the buoyant force to his weight? (buoyant force / weight)...

Homework Statement - [/B] What is the buoyant force that acts on a fully submerged 1-L bottle of water? What is the buoyant force that acts on it if it is full of air, not water, but is still fully submerged? Assume you'd have to hold it under water.Homework Equations - [/B]Fb= V x D x GThe...

1) My teacher says that the apparent weight of an object in water (floating,sunken,submerged etc) is equal to it's actual weight-buoyant force acting on it. That is, wt (ap)=wt (ac)- F(b) Where wt (ap) = apparent weight, weight (ac)= actual weight. And f (b) = buoyant force 2) But..., if an...

So I know FB = ρDF × g ×VDF when we submerge an object in a fluid such as water but what if we were talking about a hot air balloon? In this case would it be correct to use FB = (ρin - ρout) × g ×Vobject? Where ρin = density inside balloon and ρout = density outside balloon. If this is...

Hello. Suppose you have an incompressible fluid in a column of infinite height and area and that is in a vacuum. The formula for the net pressure at any point is hpg, where p is the density and h the height. The formula comes from considering that at h = 0, the net pressure is zero, but that at...

How can we relate gauge pressure (pg) to the buoyant force , in a completely submerged object? is it as follow: Buoyant force= pg.Area +Density(water).volume.gravity ?

how does pressure on a submerged body in water experience an upward thrust ,when the cause of pressure is gravity, which can only be downwards

Homework Statement When the object is submerged into higher density liquid compared to the lower density liquid, the object will floats higher in the liquid... Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution The object will be more stable, right? Can someone explain why it...

if the person sitting in the boat throws a pebble to the swimming pool. Pebble was initially contained inside the boat and of course it has higher density than water.

Homework Statement If an object floats, the buoyant force will be equal to its: a. Mass c. Specific Gravity b. Density d. Weight Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution Is it weight?

I wanted to inquire as to a thought I have on a situation with buoyancy and air pressure. In the first slide (slide 1), I am showing a situation where a buoyant object is pushing up on a support wall through a fixed wall that has water in it. Here are the factors: 1. The net buoyant force of...

How does a ball floating 50% in water move when a large amount of oil is added, and why? MY Solution: I think that the ball rises because when a large amount of oil is added, the oil sinks to the bottom causing the water to be pushed up, increasing the buoyant force which causes the ball to...

Homework Statement (I made this question myself) What happens to the cylinder (in orange color) kept inside a beaker filled with water like this: The cylinder just passes through a hole on the bottom of the beaker. Assume that water can't leak through the hole. Will the cylinder move up? Or...

Homework Statement A beach ball is made of thin plastic. It has been inflated with air but the plastic is not stretched. BY swimming with fins on, you manage to take the ball from the surface of a pool to the bottom. Once the ball is completley submerged, what happens to the buoyant force...

Homework Statement A sphere of radius 10.0 cm floats in equilibrium partially submerged in water with its lowest point 5.00 cm below the water's surface. (a) What is the buoyant force acting on the sphere? Homework Equations F = pvg The Attempt at a Solution F= 1000 * v * 9.8 V=...

A piece of wood with a density of 730 kg/m3 is tied with a string to the bottom of a water-filled flask. The wood is completely immersed, and the tension in the string is 1.09 N. Find the volume of the wood.

Homework Statement A flotation device is in the shape of a right cylinder, with a height of 0.323 m and a face area of 4.81 m2 on top and bottom, and its density is 0.460 times that of fresh water. It is initially held fully submerged in fresh water, with its top face at the water surface. Then...

Homework Statement A diving sphere has a mass of 150,000.0kg and an external diameter of 7.000 meters. The sphere is anchored with a cable on the bottom of an ocean, at a depth of .8000 km. The density of sea water is 1025.0kg/m3. A) What is the absolute pressure at that depth in pascals? B)...

A flask of water rests on a scale that reads100 N. Then, a small block of unknown material is held completely submerged in the water. The block does not touch any part of the flask, and the person holding the block will not tell you whether the block is being pulled up (keeping it from falling...

Homework Statement Investigating the effect of mass on the period of oscillation. This experiment is about SHM of a floating cylinder, and the theory is explained in this website: http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/64154/shm-of-floating-objects Also, I'm attaching a diagram of my...

Homework Statement Calculate the buoyant force on a solid object made of copper and having a volume of 0.2 m^3 if it is submerged in water. Homework Equations B = pVg The Attempt at a Solution I followed the above equation and did B = (8.92 x 10^3 kg/m^3)(0.2 m^3)(9.8 m/s^2) B = 1.74 x 10^4...

If I have an object of mass m tied to the lower surface of a vessel having a liquid and the vessel accelerates upwards... From FBD of object, Buoyant force acts upwards, mg down, pseudo force downwards (frame of reference is vessel) T down. Here's the doubt. Why is F(buoyant force) = Vp(g+a)...

A penguin floats first in a fluid of density p0, then in a fluid of density 0.95p0, and then in a fluid of density 1.1p0. a) Rank the densities according to the magnitude of the buoyant force on the penguin, greatest first. b) Rank the densities according to the amount of fluid displaced by the...

Homework Statement A balloon used for a physics experiment has a radius of 3.15m and is filled with helium. The total mass of the balloon is 15.2kg and the density of the surrounding air is 1.28 kg/m3. a. How much buoyant force is acting on the balloon? b. When the balloon is released from the...

Homework Statement A recreational (open) hot air balloon (i.e., Pinside is approximately Poutside) has a volume of 2107 m3 when fully inflated. The total weight of the balloon, basket, ballast and pilot is 1832.6 N (412 lbs). By how much must the density of the air in the balloon be smaller...

Homework Statement A 4 kg book sinks a distance of 5m in the ocean starting from rest. The volume of the book is 0.00266666666666667 m^3. We assume the velocity of the Earth is zero during the whole process, and gravity and the bouyance force are the only interactions of the book. (Note...

Homework Statement You are given a density of a fluid, volume of the rubber stopper and density of the rubber stopper. If a rubber stopper sinks to the bottom of the beaker filled with this fluid and stays there, find the buoyant exerted on the object by the fluid. Homework...

Definition/Summary Buoyant force (or buoyancy) is the net force on a body caused by the pressure differences in the surrounding medium caused by gravity. Buoyant force acts through the centre of gravity of the displaced fluid (the centre of buoyancy). If the centre of buoyancy is not on...

So a cube submerged in water will experience pressure on all six sides, and the pressure on the bottom will be greater than the pressure at the top (assuming there's gravity) and the cube will float to the top given that it has a low enough density. Something I'm curious about is what would...

Apparently, Buoyant Force is caused by a difference in water pressure. So am I correct in thinking that this means if you have a cube (chosen so that buoyant force does not come from the sides, just from the bottom) at the bottom of a pool, there would be no buoyant force? How could there...

Homework Statement A hot air balloon of mass 425 kg ascends from the ground level and accelerates at a rate of 1.25 m/s/s for 25 seconds. How much work is done by the upward buoyant force on the balloon? (conceptual) A certain amount of work W is required to accelerate a car from rest to a...

Homework Statement What does buoyant force depend on: the mass of the object, its volume, its density, or the material from which it's made?2. Relevant concepts Archimedes' principle: Buoyant force = weight of displaced liquidThe Attempt at a Solution I just don't quite understand this concept...

Homework Statement An aluminum cylinder is suspended in an unknown fluid by a spring scale. Outside the fluid, the object weighs 20N. In the fluid, the scale reads 10N. What is the buoyant force on the cylinder? Homework Equations Fb= pVg, p= density of fluid, V= displaced volume, g=...

Homework Statement Wooden block: Mass: .095. Weight: .931. Volume: 2.03E-4. Density: 467.98. Buoyant force of block: 1.9894. - Predict how much weight the wooden block can support before sinking. Homework Equations W= m1g + m2g The Attempt at a Solution Not sure where to...