Hello,
I'm reading about buoyant forces, but my book does not mention anything about an object with air (or any gas/fluid whose density is less than that of the fluid the whole object is immersed in). So for simplicity's sake, if you have a sealed, hollow cylinder completely submerged in water with air trapped inside, how do you calculate the buoyant force(s)? I was thinking maybe it was
FB,air = ρairgVair
FB,water = ρwatergVwater
then add them together but that doesn't seem right...
I'm reading about buoyant forces, but my book does not mention anything about an object with air (or any gas/fluid whose density is less than that of the fluid the whole object is immersed in). So for simplicity's sake, if you have a sealed, hollow cylinder completely submerged in water with air trapped inside, how do you calculate the buoyant force(s)? I was thinking maybe it was
FB,air = ρairgVair
FB,water = ρwatergVwater
then add them together but that doesn't seem right...