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Understanding Buoyancy and Stability

1. Any floating body experiences two opposing vertical forces - its own weight acting downward and an upward buoyant force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. 2. The metacenter is the point of intersection between the axis of the body and the line of action of the buoyant force. If the metacenter is above the center of gravity, the body is stable. If below, the body is unstable. 3. The distance between the metacenter and center of gravity is called the metacentric height. A positive metacentric height indicates stability while a negative value means the body is unstable.

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Understanding Buoyancy and Stability

1. Any floating body experiences two opposing vertical forces - its own weight acting downward and an upward buoyant force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. 2. The metacenter is the point of intersection between the axis of the body and the line of action of the buoyant force. If the metacenter is above the center of gravity, the body is stable. If below, the body is unstable. 3. The distance between the metacenter and center of gravity is called the metacentric height. A positive metacentric height indicates stability while a negative value means the body is unstable.

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Bouyancy

Engr. Jhay Jhay D, Alcorcon


Archimedes Principle

Any body immersed in a fluid is subjected to an upliftd force called


buoyant force equal to the weight of the displaced fluid.
Problem 01
A piece of wood 305 mm (1 ft) square and 3 m (10 ft) long, weighing 6288.46
N/m3 (40 lb/ft3), is submerged vertically in a body of water, its upper end being
flush with the water surface. What vertical force is required to hold it in
position?
Stability of Floating Bodies

Engr. Jhay Jhay D, Alcorcon


Stability of Floating Bodies
Any floating body is subjected by two opposing vertical forces. One is the
body's weight W which is downward, and the other is the buoyant
force BF which is upward. The weight is acting at the center of gravity G and
the buoyant force is acting at the center of buoyancy BO. W and BF are
always equal and if these forces are collinear, the body will be in upright
position as shown below.

The body may tilt from many causes like wind or wave action causing the
center of buoyancy to shift to a new position BO' as shown below.
Point M is the intersection of the axis of the body and the line of action of the
buoyant force, it is called metacenter. If M is above G, BF and W will produce a
righting moment RM which causes the body to return to its neutral position, thus
the body is stable. If M is below G, the body becomes unstable because of the
overturning moment OM made by W and BF. If M coincides with G, the body is
said to be just stable which simply means critical. The value of righting moment
or overturning moment is given by
The distance MG is called metacentric height.

Use: (-) if G is above BO 


(+) if G is below BO.
Note that M is always above BO.

Value of MBO

For rectangular section only

For any section


Where
W = weight of the body
BF = buoyant force
M = metacenter
G = center of gravity of the body
BO = center of buoyancy in upright position
BO' = center of buoyancy in tilted position
MG = metacentric height or the distance
from M to G
MBO = distance from M to BO
GO = distance from G to BO
v = volume of the wedge either immersion or
emersion
s = horizontal distance between the center of
gravity of the wedges
θ = angle of tilting
I = moment of inertia of the waterline section of
the body
RM = righting moment
OM = overturning moment

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