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CE Board May 2021 - Hydraulics - Set 4

This document discusses the stability of floating bodies and provides calculations for metacentric height and righting moment. It defines key terms like metacenter, metacentric height, center of gravity, center of buoyancy, and provides formulas and examples of problems calculating these values for rectangular and other shaped bodies.

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CE Board May 2021 - Hydraulics - Set 4

This document discusses the stability of floating bodies and provides calculations for metacentric height and righting moment. It defines key terms like metacenter, metacentric height, center of gravity, center of buoyancy, and provides formulas and examples of problems calculating these values for rectangular and other shaped bodies.

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Civil Engineering May 2021 Review Innovations Hydraulics 4

Stability of Floating Bodies Over Turning Moment s = horizontal distance between the centroids of
v’s (m)
I = moment of inertia of an area which is the top
view of the body at the level of the liquid surface
with respect to the axis of tilting (m4)

B = width of the body (m). M = metacenter; point of intersection between the


D = draft or depth of flotation (m). buoyant force and the tilted axis of the body
V = total volume submerged (m3). which determines its stability.
G = center of gravity of the body in the upright MG = metacentric height (m); distance between
position. the metacenter and the center of gravity of the
Bo = center of buoyancy of the body in the body which measures its stability.
upright position.
Bo’ = center of buoyancy of the body in the tilted
position. For rectangular sections:
B2 
Righting Moment MBo = 1 + 0.5tan2θ
12D  

For other sections:


vs
MBo = - exact
Vsinθ

I
MBo = - approximate
V

θ = angle of tilting
v = volume of the wedge of immersion/emersion
(m3)

Manila: [Link] Cebu FB: Excel-RI CE Review Specialist Inc. Davao: [Link]
Civil Engineering May 2021 Review Innovations Hydraulics 4
Situation 1 Problems for Practice:
The center of gravity of a ship in the upright
position is 11.5 m above the center of gravity of Situation 4
the portion below water, the displacement being The waterline section of a 1500-kN barge is as
16 MN. The ship tilts 30º causing the center of shown. Its center of gravity is 1.5 m above the
buoyancy to shift sidewise 9.2 m. center of buoyancy.
1. Is the moment righting or overturning? 9. Compute the initial metacentric height
2. What is the magnitude of this moment? against rolling. (2.93 m)
10. Compute the initial metacentric height
Situation 2 against pitching. (26.32 m)
A rectangular scow 9 m wide, 15 m long and 3.6
m high weighs 3304kN.
3. What is the draft in sea water weighing 10.20
kN/m3?
4. What is the metacentric height if its center of
gravity is 2.7 m above the bottom?
5. If the scow tilts until one side is just at the
point of submergence, determine the righting
couple.

Situation 3
It is desired to float in fresh water a wooden cone,
18 cm in diameter and 25 cm high, with the apex
downward. If the sg of the cone is 0.60:
6. Compute the submerged depth.
7. Compute the distance of the metacenter from
the center of buoyancy.
8. Locate the metacenter from the center of
gravity.

Manila: [Link] Cebu FB: Excel-RI CE Review Specialist Inc. Davao: [Link]

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