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5/22 Opener What are the forces acting upon the iceberg?

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1 5/22 Opener What are the forces acting upon the iceberg?

2 Forces What is weight? What is buoyancy?
The downward force of gravity acting on an object What is buoyancy? Buoyancy is the upward force that keeps objects afloat

3 What causes Buoyancy? Archimedes’ Principle:
An object is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. Buoyancy = Volumeobject x densityfluid B = (Vobject) x (Pfluid)

4 Types of Buoyancy Positive Buoyancy: The object has a lesser density than water and floats. Negative Buoyancy: The object has a greater density than water and sinks. Neutral Buoyancy: The object has the same density of water and neither sinks nor floats. This is ideal for our ROVs


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