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4-6. A prismatic object 200 mm thick by 200 mm wide by 400mm long is weighed in water at a depth of 500
mm and found to be 50 N.
7-9. A wooden buoy of sp. gr. 0.75 floats in a liquid with sp. gr. 0.85.
(4). What is the percentage of the volume above the liquid surface to the total volume of the buoy?
= 11.8%
(5). If the volume above the liquid surface is 0.0145 3 , what is the weight of the wooden buoy?
= 0.905 kN
(6). What load that will cause the buoy to be fully submerged?
= 0.121 kN
10-12. (10). What fraction of the volume of a solid object of sp. gr. 7.3 floats above of a container of mercury?
= 0.464
(11). If the volume above the liquid surface 0.014 3, what is the wt. of the object.
= 1.86 kN
(12). What load applied vertically that would cause the object to be fully submerged?
= 1.61 kN
13-15. An object having a sp. gr. of 0.60 floats in a liquid having a sp. gr. of 0.80.
(13). What is the percentage of the volume above the liquid surface to the total volume of the buoy?
= 75%
(14). If the volume above the liquid surface is 0.024 3 , what is the weight of the object?
= 0.565 kN
(15). What load that will cause the buoy to be fully submerged?
= 0.188 kN
16-18. A tank with vertical sides is 1.5 m. square, 3.5 m depth is filled to a depth of 2.8 m. of a liquid having a
sp. gr. of 0.80. A cube of wood having a sp. gr. of 0.60 measuring 1 m. on an edge is placed on the
liquid.
19-21. A container holds two layers of different liquids, one fluid having a specific gravity of 1.2 is 200 mm deep
and the other fluid having a specific gravity of 1.5 is 250 mm deep. A solid spherical metal having a
diameter of 225 mm and sp. gr. of 7.4 is submerged such a manner that half of the sphere is on the of
the layer and the other half in the bottom layer of fluids.
22-24. A piece of wood floats in water with 50 mm projecting above the water surface in glycerine of sp. gr.
1.35, the block projects 75 mm above the liquid surface.
25-27. A prismatic object has a weight of 500 N in air, when the object is completely submerged in a liquid a sp.
gr. of 0.86, it weighs 450 N.
31-33. A rectangular barge 18 ft. wide by 46 ft. long by 9 feet deep floats empty with a draft of 4 ft. in a cana
lock 28 ft. wide by 56 ft. long and the water depth 7 ft., When empty barge is present.
34-36. An object weights 4 N in water and 5 N in an alcohol having a sp. gr. of 0.80. Assume unit weight of
water is9.79 kN/3 .
37-39. An iceberg (= 9 kN/m3 ) floats in ocean water (= 10 kN/m3 ) with 3,000 m3 of the iceberg protruding
above the free surface.
(37). What is the volume of the iceberg below the free surface?
= 27,000
(38). What is the total volume of the iceberg?
= 30,000
(39). What is the weight of the iceberg?
= 270,000 kN
40-42. A rectangular tank of internal width 7 m. partitioned as shown, it contains oil and water. Assume unit
wt. of water is 9.79 kN/m3 .
(40). If the oil has a sp. gr. of 0.84, find its depth h.
= 1.19 m.
(41). If a 900 N block of wood is floated in oil, what is the volume of wood submerged.
= 0.10944
(42). If a 900 N block of wood is floated in oil, what is the rise in free surface of the water in contact with
air?
= 8.54
43-45. A block of wood 0.6 x 0.6 m x h meters in dimension was thrown into water, if floats with 0.18 m.
projecting above the water surface. The same block was thrown into a container of a liquid having a sp.
gr. of 0.90 and it floats with 0.14 cm. projecting above liquid surface.
46-48. A board weighing 30 N/m has a cross sectional area of 0.0052 m2 . And a length of 3.4 m. placed in the
tank of oil having a sp. gr. of 0.85. Assuming the hinged to be frictionless.
49-50. A circular log having a diameter of 8 ft. has a length of 15 ft. It has a specific gravity of 0.425.