What makes a boat float ?

 Bouyancy

 Stability
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 Stability of Floating Object
 stable if → equilibrium after small
disturbance
 vertical & rotational stability
 (why no horizontal stability ?)
 upward buoyant force → centre of buoyancy
 centroid of the displaced fluid
 weight force → centre of gravity
 rigid body centre of mass is fixed
 (but not necessarily within object)
 does not always coincide with geometric centre
Archimedes’
Principle
 Archimedes’ Principle
 The bouyancy force exerted on an object
in a fluid is equal to the weight of fluid it
displaces
For a FLOATING object:
FB = Wobj
= mobjg
= obj Vobj g
= WH2Odisp
= mH2Odispg
= H2Odispl VH2Odispl g
Mass(ship + cargo) = mass(displaced H2O)
 Stability of Floating Object

 stable if →
equilibrium restored after small disturbance
Which is more stable ? Why ?
upward buoyant force → centre of
buoyancy →centroid of the
displaced fluid

weight force → centre of gravity

Which is more stable ? Why ?
Calculating the metacentre

 centre of mass
 average of positions of particles making up a
body
 (relative to datum)
 weighted by their masses mi
 M = mi
 cylindrical
buoy - pine
(SG=0.5)
 lead
(SG=11.3)
weight
 depth of
immersion in
seawater?
(SG=1.03)
 centre mass?
 Centre
bouyancy?
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