Upthrust Force

Vania, James, Idham, Sisca

What is Upthrust?
Upthrust is the generated lift force exerted by the
liquid or gas and when an object is partially
immersed or completely sink into the liquid

When does it happen?

Upthrust occur when an object is immersed in liquid, whether it is partially or
completely sink. Which causes the weight loss to the object.
Try lifting weight in a swimming pool and and then try lifting the weight outside the
pool. Which one weighs more?
*Answer: inside water, the uptrust force will act like the helping hand that will help
us to lift the weight easier

Why & How does it happen?

It happens because there is an upward force that act on an object. When an
object is submerged into a fluid, whether it is partially or wholly the fluid will
push the object upwards. The weight of an object must be less than the force
that act on an object or, it must be equal; if not, it wont work.

Archimedes Principle
Archimedes Principle stated that the upward buoyant force
(force exerted by a fluid that opposes the weight of an
immersed object) that is exerted on a body when immersed in
a fluid, whether fully or partially submerged, is equal to the
weight of the displaced water.
Upthrust = apparent loss of weight of object = weight in air weight in liquid

illustration

A ship floating on the sea

The reason that a ship floats is that it

displaces a lot of water. The water
pressure is balanced in every direction
except upward, means there is net
force that pushes the ship upwards.
The force which pushes the ship up is
called the buoyancy force.
Even though ship has a big mass, but the
volume are also very big. that is why the
density will be relatively small. But if we
take a look on a piece of gold ring. Even
Though the mass is relatively small, but
the volume itself is also very small also.
that is why gold ring which has denser
density will sink in water. while ship
that has less dense density because of
its big volume will float on water.

Three conditions:
Weight of boat < maximum volume of water
it could ever push aside, it floats.
The more load you add to a boat, the more it
weighs, and the further it will have to
sink for the upthrust to balance its
weight. Why? Because the pressure of
water increases with depth: the further

The boat sinks into the water, pulled down

by its weight and pushed up by the
upthrust.
But it sinks into the water until its weight
and the upthrust exactly balance.

into the water the boat sinks, without

actually submerging, the more upthrust
is created.
If the boat keeps on sinking until it
disappears, it means it cannot produce
enough upthrust, it sinks.

A hot air balloon rising

upwards

Hot air balloons rise

because hot air is lighter
than cold air. When air is
heated, it occupies less
particle per unit volume,
which mean less mass per
unit volume. Because cold
air outside is denser, it
applies pressure onto the
less dense air, causing it to
go upward

Illustration

Bibliography
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