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EXAMPLE # 1:
A plastic cube of side L and sp. gravity of 0.82 is placed vertically in water. Is the cube stable?
Solution:
For draft:
sp . gr . of cube 0.82
D= L= L
sp . gr . of water 1
¿ 0.82 L
1 1
L B3 ( L )( L )3
I 12 12
M Bo = = = =0.102 L
VD VD ( L ) ( L )( 0.82 L )
L D L 0.82 L
G Bo = − = − =0.09 L
2 2 2 2
EXAMPLE # 2:
A solid wood cylinder of specific gravity 0.6 is 600 mm in diameter and 1200 mm high. If placed vertically in oil (sp. gr. =
0.85), would it be stable?
Solution:
For Draft:
sp . gr . of wood 0.60
D= H= ( 1200 )=847.06 mm
sp . gr . oil 0.85
Distance from M and Bo :
π 2 π
r (300 mm )4
I 4 4
M Bo = = = =26.56 mm
VD VD 300 mm 2
(π) ( 1 )
( 847.06 mm )
EXAMPLE # 3:
A rectangular scow 9 m wide, 15 m long, and 3.6 m high has a draft in sea water of 24 m. Its center of gravity is 2.7 m
above the bottom of the scow. Determine the following:
a) The initial metacentric height
b) The righting or overturning moment when the scow tilts until one side is just at the point of submergence.
Solution:
a) Initial Position
Distance of Metacenter to the center of buoyancy:
M Bo =
B2
12 D
1+
2[
tan 2 θ
]
whereθ=0 °
[ ]
2 2
9m tan 0 °
¿ 1+
12 ( 2.4 m ) 2
45
¿ ∨2.81 m
16
M Bo =
B2
12 D
1+
tan 2 θ
2 [ ]
[ ]
2
1.2 m
¿
9m 2
1+
4.5m ( ) Weight of an object:
2 W =BF=γ V D
12 ( 2.4 m )
KN
¿ 2.91 m
( )
¿ ( 1.03 ) 9.81 3 ( 9 m ) (15 m ) ( 2.4 m )
m
Metacentric Height: ¿ 3273.79 kN
MG=M B o +G Bo
¿ 2.91 m−1.5 m Righting Moment:
¿ 1.41m RM =W ( MG sinθ )
¿ 3273.79 kN ( 1.41m ) sin14.93 °
since MG> M B o , the moment is righting moment
EXAMPLE # 4:
A barge floating in fresh water has the form a parallelpiped having a dimension of 10m x 30m by 3 m. It weights 4500
kN when loaded with center of gravity along its vertical axis 4 m from the bottom. Find the metacentric height about its longest
and shortest centerline, and determine wether or not the barge is stable.
Solution:
[ ] [ ]
2 2 2 2
B tan θ B tan θ
M Bo = 1+ where θ=0 ° M Bo = 1+ where θ=0 °
12 D 2 12 D 2
( 10 m)2 ( 30 m )2
¿ ( 1+ 0 ) ¿ ( 1+ 0 )
12 ( 1.53 m ) 12 ( 1.53 m )
¿ 5.45 m ¿ 49.02 m
PROBLEM # 5:
A crane barge, 20 m long, 8 m wide, and 2 meters high loaded at its center with a road roller weighing 20 short tons,
floats on fresh water with a draft of 1.20 meters and has its center of gravity located along its vertical axis at a point 1.50 m
meters above its bottom. compute the horizontal distance out to one side from the centerline of the barge through which the
crane would swing the 20-ton load which it had lifted from the center of the deck, and tip the barge with the 20-meter edge just
touching the water surface?
Solution:
¿ 177992.64 N∨177.993 kN
Buoyant Force:
BF=γ V D
kN
( )
¿ 9.81 3 ( 1.2 m )( 8 m ) ( 20 m )
m
¿ 1883.52kN
θ=11.31 °
W T ( 0.5 m )=W B ( d )
( 1883.52 kN ) ( 0.5 m) =( 1705.53 kN ) d
d=0.55 m
PROBLEM # 6:
A wooden barge of rectangular cross section is 8 m wide, 4 m high, and 16 m long. It is transporting in seawater (s =
1.03) a total load of 1,500 kN including its own weight and cargo. If a weight of 75 kN (included in the 1,500-kN) is shifted a
distance of 2.5 m to one side, it will cause the barge to go down 450 mm in the wedge of immersion and also rise 450 mm in the
corresponding wedge of immersion. The barge floats vertically (on an even kneel) before the shifting of the weight. Compute how
far above the waterline is the center of gravity of the loaded barge.
Solution:
Angle of tilting:
0.45m
tan θ=
4m
0.45m
θ=arctan
4m
θ=6.42°
Distance of Metacenter to the center of buoyancy:
2
[ ] [ ]
2 2 2
B t an θ (8 m) tan 6.42 °
M Bo = 1+ = 1+
12 D 2 12 (1.16 m ) 2
¿ 4.63 m
PROBLEM # 7:
The water line section of a 1500 kN barge is as shown. Its center of gravity is 1.5 m above the center of buoyancy.
Compute the initial metacentric height against rolling.
Solution:
V D =152.91 m3
BOARDWORK
PROBLEM # 1:
A cylindrical buoy weighing 20 KN is to float in sea water above density is 1025 kg/m3. The
buoy has a diameter of 2 m and 2.5 m high. Is the buoy stable or unstable?
PROBLEM # 2:
PROBLEM # 3:
The center of gravity is located at a point 3.5 m from the bottom.
Determine the following:
a) Initial metacentric height
b) Metacentric height when the scow tilts until one side is
just at a point of submergence
c) Righting moment
d) the maximum distance from the center in which the cargo
should be shifted until one side ia at a point of submergence.
PROBLEM # 4:
Would a wooden cylinder (s = 0.61), 660 mm in diameter and and 1.3 m long be stable if placed vertically in oil (s = 0.85)?
PROBLEM # 5:
Determine:
a) metacentric height
b) is it stable or not?