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The resultant pressure on a body submerged in a fluid due to the fluid acts at which of the following points in the body?

The resultant pressure on a body submerged in a fluid due to the fluid acts at which of the following points in the body? Correct Answer Centre of pressure

The correct answer is option 1) i.e. Centre of pressure.

CONCEPT:

  • When a body is submerged in a fluid, it experiences pressure due to the surrounding fluid.
  • The resultant of the pressure due to the fluid acts at a point in the body.
  • Centre of pressure: The point where the total sum of (or resultant) pressure due to the fluid acts on a body submerged inside it.

EXPLANATION:

  • The resultant pressure on a body submerged in a fluid acts on a point on a body called the centre of pressure.

Additional Information

  • Centre of mass: The point where all the mass of a body is assumed to be concentrated.
  • Centre of buoyancy: The centre of gravity of the volume of fluid displaced by the body submerged in the fluid is called the centre of buoyancy.
  • Metacentre: The point at which an imaginary vertical line passing through the centre of buoyancy and centre of gravity intersects the imaginary vertical line through a new centre of buoyancy created when the body is displaced, or tipped, in the fluid.

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