Fluids

September 16, 2021

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1 Pascal’s Law

2 Force on a surface immersed in a liquid

Consider a plane surface of any arbitrary shape, immersed in a liquid of density of density ρ.
Let us subdivide the area into infinitesimally thin horizontal strips. Consider one such strip ’b’
and thickness dh, at a depth h below the free liquid surface. Normal thrust on this strip is
dF = P ressure ∗ Area = ρgh(bdh). Total thrust exerted by the liquid on the area is
Z Z
F = dF = ρg bhdh

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3 Fluid in uniformly accelerating motion

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