""" Calculate the buoyant force of any body completely or partially submerged in a static fluid. This principle was discovered by the Greek mathematician Archimedes. Equation for calculating buoyant force: Fb = p * V * g https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes%27_principle """ # Acceleration Constant on Earth (unit m/s^2) g = 9.80665 # Also available in scipy.constants.g def archimedes_principle( fluid_density: float, volume: float, gravity: float = g ) -> float: """ Args: fluid_density: density of fluid (kg/m^3) volume: volume of object/liquid being displaced by the object (m^3) gravity: Acceleration from gravity. Gravitational force on the system, The default is Earth Gravity returns: the buoyant force on an object in Newtons >>> archimedes_principle(fluid_density=500, volume=4, gravity=9.8) 19600.0 >>> archimedes_principle(fluid_density=997, volume=0.5, gravity=9.8) 4885.3 >>> archimedes_principle(fluid_density=997, volume=0.7) 6844.061035 >>> archimedes_principle(fluid_density=997, volume=-0.7) Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: Impossible object volume >>> archimedes_principle(fluid_density=0, volume=0.7) Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: Impossible fluid density >>> archimedes_principle(fluid_density=997, volume=0.7, gravity=0) 0.0 >>> archimedes_principle(fluid_density=997, volume=0.7, gravity=-9.8) Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: Impossible gravity """ if fluid_density <= 0: raise ValueError("Impossible fluid density") if volume <= 0: raise ValueError("Impossible object volume") if gravity < 0: raise ValueError("Impossible gravity") return fluid_density * gravity * volume if __name__ == "__main__": import doctest doctest.testmod()