Fluid Statics
This week you will read the introductory chapters listed below for this first part and you will have to solve the associated problems in loncapa. You can also start the problems from the extended set 3 pertaining to this chapter.
- Introduction to Fluid Statics
- What Is a Fluid?
- Density
- Pressure
- Variation of Pressure with Depth in a Fluid
- Pascal’s Principle
- Gauge Pressure, Absolute Pressure, and Pressure Measurement
- Archimedes’ Principle
- Cohesion and Adhesion in Liquids: Surface Tension and Capillary Action
- Pressures in the Body
