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buoyancy
buoyancy, upward force exerted by a fluid on any body immersed in it. Buoyant force can be explained in terms of Archimedes' principle.
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An Expression for Effective Buoyancy in Surroundings with Horizontal Density Gradients
Dec 01, 2003; ABSTRACT An expression is obtained for effective buoyancy per unit volume in inviscid anelastic flow with surrounding horizontal...
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Transformed Eulerian-Mean Theory. Part II: Potential Vorticity Homogenization and the Equilibrium of a Wind- and Buoyancy-Driven Zonal Flow
Feb 01, 2005; ABSTRACT The equilibrium of a modeled wind- and buoyancy-driven, baroclinically unstable, flow is analyzed using the transformed...
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Influence of Arm Position and Lung Volume on the Center of Buoyancy of Competitive Swimmers.
Jun 01, 2000; Key words: center of mass, swimming, floating Interest in buoyancy has persisted, because understanding this force may aid areas...
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Larval Anurans Adjust Buoyancy in Response to Substrate Ingestion
Feb 24, 2005; The effects of substrate ingestion on gas-free specific gravity, gaseous lift factor (lung volume), and ultimately buoyancy index...
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Buoyancy of Convective Vertical Motions in the Inner Core of Intense Hurricanes. Part I: General Statistics
Jan 01, 2005; ABSTRACT The buoyancy of hurricane convective vertical motions is studied using aircraft data from 175 radial legs collected in...
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