SEATWORK: BUOYANCY AND

STATICAL STABILITY OF
FLOATING BODIES
Instructions:
Show your complete solution and box your final answer.

1. In figure is shown a thin-walled inverted box 1.60 m long and 30 cm square, which was
full of air before being submerged. In position (a), it is being held by 0.0280 m 3 of
concrete anchor weighing 23540 N/m3. Determine the depth D1. At what other depth D2
(position b) is the system in equilibrium?
2. A ship with cargo weighs 44,480 kN and draws 7.60 m of salt water. On crossing a bar at
the entrance to a river , its draft is decreased by 30 cm by the discharge of 2670 kN of
water ballast. In going up the river to fresh water, 445 kN of coal are burned. What will its
draft be then and how much ballast must be required to increase it by 30 cm? Assume
that the sides of the vessel near the water surface are vertical.
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