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Equilibrium Calculations for Floating Bodies

The document provides two examples of calculating buoyancy properties. The first example calculates the weight, draught, and maximum supported load of a rectangular pontoon floating in fresh and salt water. The second example determines the maximum height of a load placed on a cylindrical buoy floating in salt water such that it remains in stable equilibrium.

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Equilibrium Calculations for Floating Bodies

The document provides two examples of calculating buoyancy properties. The first example calculates the weight, draught, and maximum supported load of a rectangular pontoon floating in fresh and salt water. The second example determines the maximum height of a load placed on a cylindrical buoy floating in salt water such that it remains in stable equilibrium.

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Tutorial 04 Buoyancy

1. A rectangular pontoon has a width B of 6 m, a length l of 12 m, and a draught D of 1.5 m


in fresh water (density 1000kgm3). Calculate (a) the weight of the pontoon, (b) its draught
in sea water (density 1025kgm3) and (c) the load (in kilonewtons) that can be supported
by the pontoon in fresh water if the maximum draught permissible is 2 m.

2. A cylindrical buoy (Fig. 3.21) 1.8 m in diameter, 1.2 m high and weighing 10kN floats in
salt water of density 1025kg m3. Its center of gravity is 0.45 m from the bottom. If a load
of 2 kN is placed on the top, find the maximum height of the center of gravity of this load
above the bottom if the buoy is to remain in stable equilibrium.

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