Archimedes Principle

Archimedes Principle

  1. Archimedes Principle states that when a body is wholly or partially immersed in a fluid it experiences an upthrust equal to the weight of the fluid displaced.
  2. Upthrust/Buoyant force is an upward force exerted by a fluid on an object immersed in it.
  3. Mathematically, we write

F=ρVg

     F = Upthrust/Buoyant Force
     ρ = Density of the liquid
     V = Volume of the displaced liquid
     g = Gravitational field strength