3.5 Applying Archimedes' Principle: Learning Outcome
3.5 Applying Archimedes' Principle: Learning Outcome
3.5 Applying Archimedes' Principle: Learning Outcome
5 Applying
Archimedes’ Principle
Learning Outcome:
Explain buoyant force,
Relate buoyant force to the weight of liquid displaced,
State Archimedes’ principle,
Describe applications of Archimedes’ principle,
Solve problems involving Archimedes’ principle.
Lesson
1
Idea of buoyancy
observation :
The fishing net is more difficult to pull when more
of the net is out of the water surface.
Why ?
Discussion :
1. W2 is less than W1. When an object is
immersed in water, the weight becomes lighter.
2. The value of the buoyant force
= Weight in air – weight in water = ???
Lesson
Idea – factors affecting 2
buoyant force
Big
buoyant
force
Heavy ferry made of
steel plates can float.
Do you Small
know why ? buoyant A block of
force steel sink.
Archimedes’s Principle
The relationship between buoyant force
and weight of the fluid displaced was first
discovered in the third century BC by the
Greek scientist Archimedes. It is stated
as follows :
When an object is wholly or partially
immersed in a fluid, it experiences a
buoyant force equal to the weight of the
fluid displaced.
A brief history
1 King of
Sicily 2
Goldsmith
3 4
Archimedes
5 6
An immersed
body is
buoyed up by
a force equal
to the weight
7 of the fluid
After this, Archimedes investigate the relationship displaced.
between buoyant force and the weight of fluid displaced
Experiment 3.1 pg 62
Data
Weight of plasticine in air , Wa /N
Weight of plasticine in water,Ww /N
Weight of empty beaker Wo / N
Weight of beaker plus displaced water ,W1/N
Buoyant
Analysis of Data:
force
Apparent loss in weight of the plasticine = Wa – Ww
Weight of water displaced =W1- Wo
Lesson
3
Factors affecting buoyant force
Buoyant force = weight of liquid displaced
Archimede
= mg s Principle
= Vg Buoyant
Volume of
force Density of the
fluid
fluid,
displaced,V
A denser liquid exerts
A larger volume of the a larger buoyant force.
object submerged in
the fluid will
experience a larger Gravitational
buoyant force. field strength ,
g
Buoyant force = weight of fluid displaced
(for all cases)
F F
floating F
W
W
W
Totally Partially Immersed just
immersed submerged under water surface
Weight of object Weight of object Weight of object
is greater than is equal to is equal to
buoyant force buoyant force buoyant force
A hotballoon
air balloonin the air.a large
displaces
volume of air.
Submarine dives by
admitting water into the
ballast tank
SUMMARY
1.When an object is immersed in liquid or
gas, it experiences a buoyant force.
2. buoyant force =apparent loss in weight
3. Buoyant force = weight of fluid displaced.
= Vg
where V = volume of fluid displaced
= density of fluid
true
It is also equal to
the buoyant
force
Evaluation
A
B
C
Evaluation
D
Home work
Worksheet 3.5