
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