Submerged weight of a body is

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• The centre of pressure of a fully submerged body is almost always located
• “When a body is immersed in a fluid either wholly or partially, it is buoyed or lifted up by a force which is equal to the weight of fluid displaced by the body”. This principle was enunciated by
• A circular plate 1 m in diameter submerged vertically in water such that its upper edge is 8 m below the free surface of water. The total hydrostatic pressure force on one side of the plate is
• The vertical component of pressure force on a submerged curved surface is equal to
• The ratio of the specific weight of the liquid to the specific weight of a standard fluid is known as
• The resultant upward pressure of a fluid on a floating body is equal to the wirght of the fluid displaced by the body. This is known as
• The intensity of pressure p is related to specific weight w of the liquid and vertical depth h of the point by the equation
• If A is the area of the immersed surface, w is the specific weight of the liquid and ͞x is the depth of horizontal surface from the liquid surface, then the total pressure P on the surface is given by
• The principle, "The buoyancy is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced and the line of action is through the centroid of the displaced mass" is known as
• The tendency for an immersed body to be lifted up in the fluid, due to an upward force opposite to the action of gravity is known as