Buoyancy and stability

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3Buoyancy and stability Buoy mostlypronounced booe , probably of Germanicorigin. A tethered floating objectused to mark a location in , whales, submarines, balloons and airships all owe their ability to float tobuoyancy, thelifting power of water and air. The understanding of the physics of Buoyancy goes back as faras antiquity and probably sprung from the interest in ships and shipbuilding in classic basic principle is due to Archimedes. His famous Law states that the Buoyancy force on abody is equal and oppositely directed to the weight of the fluid that the body displaces.

Buoyancy and stability “Buoy” mostly pronounced “booe”, probably of Germanic origin. A tethered floating object used to mark a location in the sea. Fishes, whales, submarines, balloons and airships all owe their ability to float to buoyancy, the lifting power of water and air. The understanding of the physics of buoyancy goes back as far

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