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Re: [Phys-l] buoyancy on a submerged pole


Inward pressure on a submerged post all around, except on its base..

You CAN get the picture. :-)

Brian W


On 11/3/2010 10:06 PM, Chuck Britton wrote:
Internal stresses - non-orthogonal - stuff - yada yada.
Once it's observed - a mechanism will arise.

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At 10:55 PM -0400 11/3/10, Hugh Haskell wrote:
At 22:37 -0400 11/03/2010, Chuck Britton wrote:
I'm guessing that the lightweight pole would indeed stretch upward a
bit as it becomes submerged.

And just what is the mechanism by which this upward force would be
transmitted to the pole?
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