Fluids vocab

Front

Force exerted on an area?

Back

pressure

Front

Backward force on an aircraft due to friction?

Back

drag

Front

Principle stating a submerged object is pushed up by a force equal to the weight of the displaced fluid?

Back

Archimedes' principle

Front

Force pushing an aircraft upward?

Back

lift

Front

Force exerted upward by a fluid?

Back

buoyant force

Front

Downward force from gravity?

Back

weight

Front

Pressure is transferred equally throughout a fluid in all directions.

Back

Pascal's

Front

Force that pushes an aircraft up.

Back

lift

Front

System using fluids to transfer forces?

Back

hydraulic

Front

Object shape contributing to lift?

Back

airfoil