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  2. Buoyancy - Wikipedia

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    Buoyancy also applies to fluid mixtures, and is the most common driving force of convection currents. In these cases, the mathematical modelling is altered to apply to continua, but the principles remain the same. Examples of buoyancy driven flows include the spontaneous separation of air and water or oil and water.

  3. Archimedes' principle - Wikipedia

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    To find the force of buoyancy acting on the object when in air, using this particular information, this formula applies: Buoyancy force = weight of object in empty space − weight of object immersed in fluid. The final result would be measured in Newtons. Air's density is very small compared to most solids and liquids.

  4. Oceanic physical-biological process - Wikipedia

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    Water forms the ocean, produces the high density fluid environment and greatly affects the oceanic organisms. Sea water produces buoyancy and provides support for plants and animals. That's the reason why in the ocean organisms can be that huge like the blue whale and macrophytes. And the densities or rigidities of the oceanic organisms are ...

  5. Displacement (fluid) - Wikipedia

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    An object immersed in a liquid displaces an amount of fluid equal to the object's volume. Thus, buoyancy is expressed through Archimedes' principle, which states that the weight of the object is reduced by its volume multiplied by the density of the fluid. If the weight of the object is less than this displaced quantity, the object floats; if ...

  6. Plume (fluid dynamics) - Wikipedia

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    "Buoyancy is defined as being positive" when, in the absence of other forces or initial motion, the entering fluid would tend to rise. Situations where the density of the plume fluid is greater than its surroundings (i.e. in still conditions, its natural tendency would be to sink), but the flow has sufficient initial momentum to carry it some ...

  7. Boussinesq approximation (buoyancy) - Wikipedia

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    In the Boussinesq approximation, variations in fluid properties other than density ρ are ignored, and density only appears when it is multiplied by g, the gravitational acceleration. [2]: 127–128 If u is the local velocity of a parcel of fluid, the continuity equation for conservation of mass is [2]: 52

  8. Richardson number - Wikipedia

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    If it is much greater than unity, buoyancy is dominant (in the sense that there is insufficient kinetic energy to homogenize the fluids). If the Richardson number is of order unity, then the flow is likely to be buoyancy-driven: the energy of the flow derives from the potential energy in the system originally.

  9. Open ocean convection - Wikipedia

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    The buoyancy is defined as: = Where is the acceleration due to gravity, the potential density and a constant reference value of density. The buoyancy equation for the mixed layer is: D b D t = F B {\displaystyle {Db \over Dt}=F_{B}} Where b {\displaystyle b} is the buoyancy and F B {\displaystyle F_{B}} the buoyancy forcing.