EXERCISE 6 - Archimede principle

Any object, totally or partially immersed in a fluid or liquid, is buoyed up by a

force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object.
FA = γwater Vsubmerged
Archimede's force, if the fluid dispaled is water

Hchamber  4.5m depth of underground chamber kg

ρwater  1000
3
Φ chamber  2m external diameter of underground chamber m
 m
mchamber  4500kg total mass of underground chamber g  10
2
s
kN
γwater  ρwater g  10
3 volumic weight of water
m

Questions
1. Does our underground chamber float?
2. If YES, what is the concrete volume need it in order to became stable?
Point 1

Gchamber  mchamber g  45 kN gravity force

FA = γwater Vsubmerged

2
π Φ chamber 3
Vsubmerged   2.5m  7.854  m
4

FA  γwater Vsubmerged  78.54  kN

Archimede's force

Friction forces - neglectable

Our underground chamber will float!

Point 2

Fneed.aditional  FA  Gchamber  33.54  kN

kN
γconcrete  22 volumic wheight for concrete
3
m

Fneed.aditional 3 volume of additional concrete

Volumeconcrete   1.525  m
γconcrete needed