buoyancy
41Neutral buoyancy — is a condition in which a physical body s mass equals the mass it displaces in a surrounding medium. This offsets the force of gravity that would otherwise cause the object to sink. An object that has neutral buoyancy will neither sink nor rise.… …
42Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory — NBL Logo An astronaut training in the NBL …
43Neutral Buoyancy Space Simulator — U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark …
44Category:Neutral buoyancy facilities — The main article for this category is Neutral buoyancy. Pages in category Neutral buoyancy facilities The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes (learn more). N Neutral Buoyancy… …
45Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory — Laboratoire de flottabilité neutre Pour les articles homonymes, voir NBL. Panorama du laboratoire Le laboratoire de …
46Neutral buoyancy laboratory — Laboratoire de flottabilité neutre Pour les articles homonymes, voir NBL. Panorama du laboratoire Le laboratoire de …
47centre of buoyancy — noun (physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object • Syn: ↑center of buoyancy, ↑center of immersion, ↑centre of immersion • Topics: ↑physics, ↑natural philosophy …
48reserve buoyancy — noun Etymology: reserve (III) : the volume of a ship above the water plane that can be made watertight and thus increase the ship s buoyancy called also reserve of buoyancy * * * Naut. the difference between the volume of a hull below the… …
49Boussinesq approximation (buoyancy) — In fluid dynamics, the Boussinesq approximation (named for Joseph Valentin Boussinesq) is used in the field of buoyancy driven flow (also known as natural convection). It states that density differences are sufficiently small to be neglected,… …
50centre of buoyancy — noun the point in a floating body through which the net buoyancy force acts; this is the same as the centre of gravity of the displaced fluid …
