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Re: [Phys-l] A Crude Attempt at Analysis



yeah, right . John's on top of this.


At 5:20 PM -0500 11/5/10, John Clement wrote:
How about "net pressure force" or as in German Netpressureforce. Or
F_PresNET. Actually that would be the buoyant force when the object is
surrounded by a fluid or floating in a fluid.

John M. Clement
Houston, TX



Ah. Apologies. I just caught up on the thread, and it appears "net" force
is
being used as [perhaps] pressures integrated over the surface. Sorry for
the
noise.


Still, what a strange use of the term "net force"!


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