Monday, February 11, 2008

Archimedes' Principle

What is Archimedes' Principle and what does it relate too?

5 comments:

Robb8952 said...

It says that any object completely or partially submerged in a fluid experiences an upward buoyant force. Equal in magnitutde to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. His principle describes the magnitude of a buoyant force.

Kelli said...

Archimedes' Principle states that a body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the displaced fluid. The principle applies to both floating and submerged objects in all fluids. It helps to explain buoyancy. It not only relates to ships and boats on water, but also the rise of balloons in the air.

allison said...

This principle states that any object completely or partially submerged in a fluid experiences an upward buoyant force equal in magnitude to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. The force enables an object to float or at least to seem lighter. Buoyancy is important for many vehicles such as boats, ships, balloons, and airships.

tony said...

Archimedes' Principle states that a body immersed in a fluid is pushed up by a force equal to the weight of the displaced fluid. This explains why boats float and why balloons float. It is where we derive buayancy from.

Kimberly said...

A body immersed in fluid is bouyed up by a force equal to the weight of the displaced fluid. The principle applies to both floating and submerged objects. So it describes the magnitude of a bouyant force. THE END