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Chapter 11 Fluid Statics

11.1 What Is a Fluid?

11.2 Density

11.3 Pressure

11.4 Variation of Pressure with Depth in a Fluid

11.5 Pascal’s Principle

11.6 Gauge Pressure, Absolute Pressure, and Pressure Measurement

11.7 Archimedes’ Principle

11.8 Cohesion and Adhesion in Liquids: Surface Tension and Capillary Action

11.9 Pressures in the Body

Solving Fluid Statics Problems:  A strategy

• Draw a sketch of the problem.
• Draw forces and other parameters mentioned in the problem.
• Identify knowns and unknowns.
• Choose the formula.
• Substitute knowns into the equation and find unknowns complete with units.
• Does the answer make sense?

Textbook Exercises

Solve the following problems.

Chapter 11

• Conceptual Questions: 1 – 4, 6 – 9, 11, 13, 14, 18, 20, 30, 32 – 34.

• Problems & Exercises: 1 – 3, 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 30, 33, 39, 40, 54, 55, 68, 70, 73.

Solving Problems in Physics

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Formulas.

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Elena’s explanation of how to approach and solve problems on fluid statics

Check this handout with problems and steps involved in solving these problems and thinking processes that Elena used to solve these problems.

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Additional videos

Pascal’s Principle

Archimedes Principle