Questions tagged [weight]
Weight is the force on the object due to gravity. DO NOT USE weight as a colloquial substitute for mass.
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A bird in a container [duplicate]
Suppose there is a bird in a sealed container, and the container is on a scale that measures its weight. The bird is flapping its wings to hover in the middle of the container. If the bird flaps its ...
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Why do objects with greater length feel heavier - and how to calculate perceived weight?
Consider this situation:
As part of some training, you are asked to pull an object that is 100 feet long, weighing approximately 218 pounds across a distance of 310 feet (fire hose across concrete if ...
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Two weighing scales compressed inside a solid frame
Two weighing scales are placed on top of each other at the bottom of a solid enclosed frame.
At the top of the frame a linear actuator is attached.
The linear actuator can extend and press down upon ...
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WIll bucket weigh more?
Let's say I have a bucket filled with some liquid which is not compressible. I also have an object with the same density as this liquid. Since the liquid and object have the same density. Object would ...
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Pressure measurement using piezometer
When calculating pressure of a flowing liquid,we know that peizometers are used whose one end is open to the atmosphere and the other end is connected to the fluid via a small hole at which we want to ...
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How does $m$ fit into the equation for weight?
I know part of the answer to this question because I know the equation, $W=mg$, and I know what $g$ signifies, which is the acceleration due to gravity. This acceleration is always the same on Earth ...
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Is it possible to calculate weight with air pressure?
i was wondering if it was possible to calculate a mass of object on top a bag filled in with air
as compared to a bag of air filled up with nothing on top of it
assuming the air pressure going into ...
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What is definition of weight?
What is definition of weight? Does weight of an object change under water, or the weight remains the same, but the: 'apparent weight' = 'weight' - 'buoyant force' ?
Same question for object submerged ...
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Mass/weight in 2 places at the same time
Though it may seem like it is not, this is a genuine question of which I cannot find the answer online. The situation of how the question arose may make it seem otherwise.
I monitor my weight every ...
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Weight and rate of movement
Im limited on my physics knowledge and sometimes can't understand simple laws.
When i have two 5kg objects on a "manual weight scale" then forces are equal and the scale stays in place.
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Does a object, that is partially submerged in a liquid, lose any weight?
I know that all objects, regardless of their density, feel buoyancy force. But do partially submerged, meaning an object that has lesser density than the liquid,lose weight.
For example and object ...
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Does Weighing machine measure normal force or gravity or both?
A weighing machine measures the normal force applied by an object.
However 2 forces act simultaneously on the machine ( normal and mg )
Under normal conditions (a=0) N=mg .
So this would mean that a ...
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Would a ton of bricks be the same amount of bricks today as it was 1000 years ago?
As the earth wanders through space it collects mass constantly. This is observable as meteorites and craters etc. As mass increases so does the gravitational field of the planet. So wouldnt a ton of ...
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If an object suspended by a string is immersed in a liquid, will its weight contribute to the pressure at the bottom of the container?
We have a metal sphere completely immersed in a liquid of density A by means of a string.
Since the sphere is exerted by the buoyant force due to the liquid the sphere must also exert an equal and ...
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Is the weight of something being dropped the same as the force of something being static?
If I have a block of let's say: 10 kg and I put it over my foot in a static manner, what we know from static mechanics is that my foot is opposing the weight of the 10 kg mass with the same force in ...
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