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Ocean engineering

the extra inertia a body appears to have when it accelerates in a fluid, because it must also accelerate surrounding fluid.

In ocean engineering, added mass refers to the extra inertia a body appears to have when it accelerates in a fluid, because it must also accelerate surrounding fluid. This meaning comes from Newman (1977) in Marine Hydrodynamics.[1]

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References

Newman, J. N. (1977). Marine Hydrodynamics. The MIT Press. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/4443.001.0001

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