http://www.ck12.org Chapter 15. Fluid Forces
CHAPTER
15 Fluid Forces
Chapter Outline
15.1 Pressure of Fluids
15.2 BUOYANCY OFFLUIDS
15.3 REFERENCES
This massive supertanker is one of the biggest ships ever to sail the ocean. Filled to capacity with oil, it weighs more
than half a million metric tonnes. That’s well over a billion pounds! How can such a tremendous weight float on
water? Why doesn’t it sink to the bottom of the ocean instead? In this chapter you’ll find out.
Dan Tremper and the U.S.Coast Guard.commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hellespont_Alhambra−223713_v 2 .jpg.Public Domain.