Module 3: Hydrostatic forces on submerged bodies
  Lecture 6: Calculation of vertical component
 
 
. Therefore,
 
   
 
 
(Fig. 6d)
Consider the following submerged surfaces. In all cases the vertical force (component of the pressure force) is nothing but where is the volume of the liquid between the surface and the top surface of the liquid. Think again. is nothing but the weight of the liquid on the submerged surface.