Notes on Buoyancy and Floatation: Differences, Problems and Solutions | Fluid Mechanics

Compilation of notes on buoyancy and floatation for engineering students. Note # 1. Meaning of Buoyancy: Consider a body immersed in a liquid. Consider an elemental vertical cylinder of the body of height y and sectional area da. Let the intensity of pressure on the top end of the cylinder be p. The intensity of pressure on the bottom of [...]