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  2. Bernoulli's principle - Wikipedia

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    Bernoulli's principle is a key concept in fluid dynamics that relates pressure, density, speed and height. Bernoulli's principle states that an increase in the speed of a parcel of fluid occurs simultaneously with a decrease in either the pressure or the height above a datum. [1]:

  3. Archimedes' principle - Wikipedia

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    Another possible formula for calculating buoyancy of an object is by finding the apparent weight of that particular object in the air (calculated in Newtons), and apparent weight of that object in the water (in Newtons). To find the force of buoyancy acting on the object when in air, using this particular information, this formula applies:

  4. Displacement (fluid) - Wikipedia

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    The increase in weight is equal to the amount of liquid displaced by the object, which is the same as the volume of the suspended object times the density of the liquid. [ 1 ] The concept of Archimedes' principle is that an object immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. [ 2 ]

  5. Square–cube law - Wikipedia

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    The square–cube law was first mentioned in Two New Sciences (1638).. The square–cube law (or cube–square law) is a mathematical principle, applied in a variety of scientific fields, which describes the relationship between the volume and the surface area as a shape's size increases or decreases.

  6. Jeans instability - Wikipedia

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    At the same time, gravity will attempt to contract the system even further, and will do so on a free-fall time = / /, where is the universal gravitational constant, is the gas density within the region, and = / is the gas number density for mean mass per particle (μ = 3.9 × 10 −24 g is appropriate for molecular hydrogen with 20% helium by ...

  7. Thermal expansion - Wikipedia

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    Thermal expansion is the tendency of matter to increase in length, area, or volume, changing its size and density, in response to an increase in temperature (usually excluding phase transitions). [1] Substances usually contract with decreasing temperature ( thermal contraction ), with rare exceptions within limited temperature ranges ( negative ...

  8. Length contraction - Wikipedia

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    In pre-relativistic physics the ability should decrease at high velocities, because the time in which ionizing particles in motion can interact with the electrons of other atoms or molecules is diminished; however, in relativity, the higher-than-expected ionization ability can be explained by length contraction of the Coulomb field in frames in ...

  9. Kinetic theory of gases - Wikipedia

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    To calculate the velocity distribution of particles hitting this small area, we must take into account that all the particles with (,,) that hit the area within the time interval are contained in the tilted pipe with a height of ⁡ and a volume of ⁡ (); Therefore, compared to the Maxwell distribution, the velocity distribution will have an ...