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

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• “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
• 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
• When a body is immersed in a fluid, partially or completely, the force of buoyancy is equal to
• When the rheogram for a fluid at any temperature and pressure is a straight line passing through origin, the fluid is said to be
• The ratio of the specific weight of the liquid to the specific weight of a standard fluid is known as
• The motion of a fluid in which the fluid mass rotates without the external force is known as
• In case the adhesion between moleules of a fluid is greater than cohesion between fluid and the glass, then the free level of the fluid in glass tube dipped in the glass vessel will be
• The point of application of the force of buoyancy on the body is known as
• A type of flow in which the fluid particles while moving in the direction of flow rotate about their mass centre, is known as
• The centre of buoyancy is