Archimedes' thrust: Archimedes' thrust is the particular force experienced by a body immersed in whole or in part in a fluid (liquid or gas) subjected to a gravitational field. This force comes from the increase in the pressure of the fluid with the depth (effect of gravity on the fluid, see the hydrostatic article): the pressure being stronger on the lower part of a submerged object than on its upper part , the result is a globally vertical thrust oriented towards the h...
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