In an immersed body, centre of pressure is

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• The total pressure on a horizontally immersed surface is (where w = Specific weight of the liquid, A = Area of the immersed surface, and x = Depth of the centre of gravity of the immersed surface from the liquid surface)
• The centre of pressure acts __________ the centre of gravity of immersed surface.
• The centre of buoyancy is the centre of area of the immersed body.
• When a plate is immersed in a liquid parallel to the flow, it will be subjected to a pressure __________ that if the same plate is immersed perpendicular to the flow.
• The centre of gravity of the volume of the liquid displaced by an immersed body is called
• Whenever a plate is held immersed at some angle with the direction of flow of the liquid, it is subjected to some pressure. The component of this pressure, in the direction of flow of the liquid, is known as
• Whenever a plate is held immersed at some angle with the direction of flow of the liquid, it is subjected to some pressure. The component of this pressure, at right angles to the direction of flow of the liquid is known as lift.
• The resultant upward pressure of the fluid on an immersed body is called
• The point in the immersed body through which the resultant pressure of the liquid may be taken to act is known as
• Resultant pressure of the liquid in the case of an immersed body acts through