Fluids + NLM

wont net force on this be 0? psudeo force + mg = Boyouncy Force so shouldnt ans be D? since it will inf time
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SirLancelotDuLac
Initial position mein mg=Buoyancy, but when container is accelerated and block is released from the original position, there is an imbalance of pseudo force. This imbalance pushes the block upwards.
Gamertug
GamertugOP2w ago
it said it accelrated first , then at some instant block is released
SirLancelotDuLac
Yes. The block is kept at its initial position (by some unspecified force) and then released, whence the imbalance pushes the block.
Gamertug
GamertugOP2w ago
what imbalance
SirLancelotDuLac
The one due to pseudo-force. Or rather the increased buoyant force due to increase in g_effective.
Gamertug
GamertugOP2w ago
bro assume mg = F/2 , ma is also F/2 , Boyuoncyy force = F , all cancel out when taking psudeo force why would g effective change?
SirLancelotDuLac
*Rather than taking pseudo-force if you want to do by g_effective in that case
Gamertug
GamertugOP2w ago
ah ic still it will balance idk why it will move
SirLancelotDuLac
(Via the g_eff approach) Initially it is kept at 10m depth by unspecified forces.
Gamertug
GamertugOP2w ago
but what about the case where we take psuedo force , why is force 0 there , we get inf time , what is wrong in that approach
g-sus
g-sus2w ago
i think the q is saying that the block accelerates with 10, this isnt the same 10 that cancels g, theres 20 units of acceleration upwards
Gamertug
GamertugOP2w ago
no it def says the vessel is acc , not the block
g-sus
g-sus2w ago
fair enough, i didnt note that
SirLancelotDuLac
Vessel is accelerating upwards right? Now the pseudo-force on the block is downward, but there is also pseudo-force (downward) on the liquid, so the liquid exerts more buoyant force on the block. (Because now pressure gradient is higher with depth). So, the forces do not cancel out.
Gamertug
GamertugOP2w ago
OOOH wait , psudeo force is downward on liquid , so it will become more dense , and because of more dense bouoynt force will increase thats why forces dont cancel , but how much denser will it become? cant say anything about that
SirLancelotDuLac
A rather correct way than saying "more dense" (since fluid is incompressible) would be the pressure gradient increases. As for by how much does it increase, consider a thin layer of width dy, then pressure dP on it would be rho.A.dy.(g+a)/A, so dP/dy=rho.(g+a) (where a is acceleration of the vessel)
Gamertug
GamertugOP2w ago
ok and how will that pressure gradient affect force?
SirLancelotDuLac
Bouyancy is due to pressure difference, so it does affect buoyancy which affect the force on the object.
Gamertug
GamertugOP2w ago
isnt it Vrhog
SirLancelotDuLac
Consider a cylinder. The pressure upwards on the bottom face is P(d+h)*A while that at the top is P(d).A (where P(x) is pressure at depth x, d is depth of top face and h, A are height and area of cylinder). So buoyant force is [P(d+h)-P(h)]A. If the pressure is rho.g.h, then it becomes rho.g.h.A=rho.V.g Since here the pressure is 2rho.g.h (which you can see from here), the bouyancy is 2rho.V.g
Gamertug
GamertugOP2w ago
well , due to psudeo force pressure will increase ye , but the diffrence in pressure will still remain same no?
SirLancelotDuLac
No, the rate at which pressure increases increases. So pressure difference will indeed increase.
Gamertug
GamertugOP2w ago
i dont quite understand this
SirLancelotDuLac
Well buoyancy is due to pressure difference at two points right? Now the pseudo-force increases the pressure exerted by each thin layer of fluid; so pressure increases more quickly as compared to the normal condition here. So pressure difference between 2 points with same vertical distance is more in this case as compared to the normal condition, hence buoyancy (which is due to pressure difference) increases in this case. This increased buoyancy is the answer to what you did not take into account here.
Gamertug
GamertugOP2w ago
Well my counter argument is that lets take a point A it has lets say 0 pressure due to liquid i took base here , and pusedo force now point B at height H , it has pressure Rho G and puseodo force the psudeo force is same in both , so the pressure diffrence remains constant
SirLancelotDuLac
Okay, Imagine a cylinder of height h from B to A. If you say the pressure at bottom is rho.g.h times higher than at B, the fluid experiences a force of rho.g.h.A in upwards direction (from ground frame, that is). This is balanced by the force of gravity so the cylinder should not have any motion in ground frame. The correct thing would be the pressure difference is rho.h.(g+a). (Which is in line with the g_effective wali approach)
Gamertug
GamertugOP2w ago
uid experiences a force of rho.g.h.A in upwards direction (from ground frame, that is). This is balanced by the force of gravity so the cylinder should not have any motion in ground frame. , i dont understand this part i still dont understand where there would be a pressure diffrence at all psudeo force will remain constant throught the liquid
SirLancelotDuLac
This is from the ground frame. (The image) If we take inertial frame, then the explanation would be similar. (Pseudo-force in downward direction+weight of liquid) is balanced by extra pressure exerted on the fluid by the bottom layer.
Gamertug
GamertugOP2w ago
where u get this from?
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SirLancelotDuLac
Force by the bottom layer is (P+dP)A while that by the top layer is PA So just force balancing, dP.A-mg=ma and since m=rho.A.dy for a thin layer of dy thickness, dP.A=rho.A.dy(g+a)
Gamertug
GamertugOP2w ago
ah ic ye mathematically i can see the result , but in the physical sense i still dont get it , like the pusedo force is Constant it will just get canceled out when taking change
SirLancelotDuLac
No. Each layer is to be to be in equillibrium right? Due to pseudo-force each layer experiences an extra downward force. To balance this out, the bottom layer would have to put more pressure; so the difference in pressure with height (Keyword being difference) increases. Like, if the extra pressure on the first layer is p, the second one gets an extra pressure of p downwards, so the third layer exerts 2p extra pressure on the second one, the fourth one, 3p extra pressure on the 3rd one and so on. (Assuming each layer have an extra pressure p to keep it in equilibrium from pseudo-force apart from weight)
Gamertug
GamertugOP2w ago
ye man idk why , i just dont feel it on a intuitiave level
SirLancelotDuLac
Ah. Will try to think of a nice example.
Gamertug
GamertugOP2w ago
i still think that force is constant it should cancel
SirLancelotDuLac
@Gamertug The only example I could think of was this adjacent question: Consider planks arranged in a stack and numbered 1,2...n from top to bottom. Then, let plank 2 exert a force N1 on plank 1, plank 3 exert N2 on plank 2 and so on. What is the value of Nk, if the system is accelerating with acceleration=a upwards? (Where k<=(n-1)). Now let the value of n tend to infinity, and planks be infinitesimally thin. Then what is the value of (N(x+dx)-N(x))/dm where dm is the mass of this infinitesimally small plank and N(x+dx) and N(x) are normal forces exerted by the next and previous plank respectively (and here, x is distance of plank from top). And final question, what do the previous answers tell you about the rate of increase of pressure with a and x?

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