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Fluid Mechanics > Buoyancy and Hydrostatics v



Buoyancy Force
    

The force on a body due to buoyancy is given by Archimedes' principle,


where m is the mass of liquid displaced and g is the gravitational acceleration. Therefore, a more useful form of Archimedes' principle is


Archimedes' Principle, Buoyancy, Buoyancy Pressure, Mechanical Equilibrium