it’s a lovely day and you decide to launch a giant helium balloon. Once filled, your balloon is a perfect sphere with a radius of 6.90 m. You consider having the balloon lift a crate of water balloons. What is the maximum weight the filled helium balloon can just lift (solve for the equilibrium condition where upward force equals downward force)? Assume that the membrane of the helium balloon has a mass of 920 kg (this does not include the mass of the helium within nor the mass of the crate). Neglect the buoyant force on the crate of water balloons. Density of He is 0.179 kg/m3. Density of air is 1.29 kg/m3. Volume of a sphere is 4/3 π r3. Weight is in N (not kg)
Fluid Pressure
The term fluid pressure is coined as, the measurement of the force per unit area of a given surface of a closed container. It is a branch of physics that helps to study the properties of fluid under various conditions of force.
Gauge Pressure
Pressure is the physical force acting per unit area on a body; the applied force is perpendicular to the surface of the object per unit area. The air around us at sea level exerts a pressure (atmospheric pressure) of about 14.7 psi but this doesn’t seem to bother anyone as the bodily fluids are constantly pushing outwards with the same force but if one swims down into the ocean a few feet below the surface one can notice the difference, there is increased pressure on the eardrum, this is due to an increase in hydrostatic pressure.
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