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Fluid statics or hydrostatics is the branch of fluid mechanics which deals with the study of fluids at rest and the pressure exerted by it on an immersed object. If your question is about the study of fluids in motion, use the tag "fluid-dynamics" instead.

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Can't understand the principle of floatation?

the body wants to be in equilibrium. It means net force on it should be 0. So if body displaces some more liquid then that would further increase the buoyont force and hence more than the weight whi …
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Why would water rise if the height of the capillary tube above the water surface is decreased?

While studying fluid mechanics I came across a section which say: If a tube is submerged in water and some part is empty Water rises in a capillary tube say to height $ h$ .Now changing the length o …
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