82 3 Fluid Static and Interfaces
³
³
³
V
S
S
pdV
dSp
pd
closed
closed
n
SF
ˆ
(3.1.25)
(3.1.26)
(3.1.27)
where Eq. (3.1.27) is obtained from Eq. (3.1.26) by applying the Gauss’
divergence theorem. Noting in the hydrodynamic equation given in Eq.
(3.1.2), an inertial reference frame without a rigid body rotation, one can
write
p
as
g
p
(3.1.28)
so that Eq. (3.1.27) becomes
³
V
dVg
U
F
(3.1.29)
The gravity acceleration
g
is supposed to be negative for z direction, i.e.
z
e
ˆ
g g
Thus, Eq. (3.1.29) can be straightforwardly written in the simple form
z
V
z
V
dV
e
eF
ˆ
ˆ
g
g
U
U
³
(3.1.30)
Equation (3.1.30) is well-known principle of Archimedes, saying that due
to the vertical force
, the weight of an immersed body in a liquid will be
reduced by an amount equal to the weigh of the displaced liquid
Vg
U
, and
the force is called the buoyant force.
Opposite to the situation of the buoyant force, there is a case when a
pressurized fluid (usually a gas) is contained in a vessel, called a pressure
vessel, where the force on the inner wall of the vessel is exerted by the in-
ner pressure, as depicted in Fig. 3.6. Certainly without a body force
g
,
the overall force acting on the inner wall of enclosure is zero from an anal-
ogy of Eq. (3.1.27), where
p is zero everywhere in the enclosure. How-
ever, let us examine a partial force on a surface of the enclosure
1
S , which
is cut by an arbitrary plane
A , where the plane A has an unit normal vec-
tor
A
n
ˆ
, and, for brevity’s sake, let us take the local Cartesian coordinates