Re: [Phys-l] Definition of upthrust or buoyancy

[Carl Mungan <mungan@usna.edu>]

Jeffrey Schnick wrote:

> Carl Mungan has a nice article on this entitled
>    What is the buoyant force on a block at the bottom of a
> beaker of water?
> and available at:
> http://www.usna.edu/Users/physics/mungan/Publications/FEd3.pdf

Thanks for your kind characterization. FWIW, I agree that a range of 
opinion on this topic is possible and I'm willing to allow different 
definitions in different contexts. For example, see the discussion in 
the letters section of Physics Education at:

http://usna.edu/Users/physics/mungan/Publications/PhysEd2.pdf

For an experimental test of the ideas, however, see the article I 
wrote in response to one of Boris Korsunsky's neat Physics Challenges:

http://usna.edu/Users/physics/mungan/Publications/TPT5.pdf

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