Example

A rectangular pontoon is 7m long and 3m wide the weight of the

pontoon is 30 ton. Determine the position of center of gravity
above the base of the pontoon such that it does not overturn in
seawater take the specific weight of water as 0.98 ton/ m3.

Sol. Wtotal= Wdis = Fb =  water V dis

30 = 7*3*h*0.98
h=1.45m
I = 7× 33 /12 = 15.75m4
V= 7 × 3 × 1.45 =
MB = I/V = 15.75/30.45 = 0.517m
OM = OB + MB
OB = h/2 = 1.45/2 = 0.725m
OM = 0.725 + 0.517 = 1.242m
O
OG = OM = 1.242m (Neutral case)
0.725  OG  1.242