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From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu [mailto:phys-l-
bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf Of brian whatcott
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 12:43 PM
To: phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu
Subject: Re: [Phys-l] Definition of upthrust or buoyancy
There is a practical case that may be helpful to consider.
To salve a sunken hull, heavy duty elastomer balloons
are secured by straps round the hull.
When the balloons are secure, they are inflated with compressed air to
the ambient
water pressure: their density being comparatively low, they pull up,
and
stretch the straps
The internal air is compressed, which can be a problem when the hull
is levitated from
appreciable depth. The internal pressure becomes considerably more than
the ambient
pressure, so the balloons could burst.
To summarize: flotation balloons are in compression: lift straps are
in
tension.
Brian W
On 10/21/2010 6:40 AM, chuck britton wrote:
You are absolutely right.tension??
I would indeed be led to conclude that any 'floatable' object that is
being held forcefully underwater by some attachment to it's underside
- would be in tension.
Please convince me otherwise.
Would you agree that the underwater attachment mechanism is under
an
At 7:19 AM -0400 10/21/10, Jeffrey Schnick wrote:
I think that a negative effect of defining the buoyant force to be
isupward force equal in magnitude to the weight of the water dispaced,
definitionthat I would expect that students who have been taught that
wrongwould have a greater chance of getting the following problem so
ratherthat they come to the conclusion that the piling is in tension
hasthan compression
A vertical wooden piling is embedded in the flat horizontal concrete
bottom of an artificial pond. The wood of which the piling is made
thea density that is half that of water. That part of the piling above
sectionalconcrete is in the shape of a right circular cylinder of cross-
toarea A and height h. The artificial pond is filled with fresh water
normala height 2h above the surface of the concrete. Find the average
surfacestress in a cross section of the piling at height h/2 above the
ofof the pond. Note that the average normal stress at a cross section
thatthe piling is "how hard the material of the piling below the cross
section is pulling downward on the material of the piling above it"
divided by the cross-sectional area of the piling. In the event
force.the lower part of the piling is actually pushing upward on the upper
part, a minus sign should appear in front of the magnitude of the
In such a case, the minus sign in the resulting expression for the
stress tells the reader that the piling is in compression.
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From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu
[mailto:phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf
Of Bernard Cleyet
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 2:15 AM
To: Forum for Physics Educators
Subject: Re: [Phys-l] Definition of upthrust or buoyancy
Hej!
Excellent!
bc thinks he'll remember this.
On 2010, Oct 20, , at 09:02, LaMontagne, Bob wrote:
> If you want to imagine the buoyancy on an object, first
imagine a blob of water with exactly the same shape as the
object. That water is obviously in equilibrium. Integrate the
pressure over the surface area of the blob. If in
equilibrium, this must give a force that is equal and
opposite to the weight of the water. Now replace the blob
with the object. The surfaces forces have not changed so they
still add to the weight of the blob. Hence, the buoyant force
is the weight of the water displaced. This definition of
buoyancy does not require water surrounding all surfaces of
the blob - the blob could be on the bottom of a glass beaker.
>
> As John D. has pointed out, stickyness is a different issue.
>
> Bob at PC
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