1.
A piece of metal weighs 350 N in air and when it is submerged completely in water it
weighs 240 N.
a. Find the volume of the metal.
b. Find the specific weight of the metal.
c. Find the specific gravity of the meta
2. A wooden buoy of specific gravity of 0.75 floats in a liquid having a specific gravity of 0.85.
a. Evaluate the percentage of the volume of the buoy above the liquid surface to the
volume of the buoy.
a. If the volume above the liquid is 0.045 m³, estimate the weight of the buoy in kN.
b. What vertical force in kN applied to the buoy to fully submerged it?
3. A block of wood 9.6 m. x 0.6m. x “h” meters in dimension was thrown into the water, it
floats with 0.18 m. projecting above the water surface. The same block was thrown into a
container of a liquid having a [Link]. of 0.90 and it floats with 0.14 cm. projecting above the
liquid surface.
a. Determine the value of “h”.
b. Determine the specific gravity of the
block.
c. Determine the weight of the block.
4. A hollow cylinder 1.0 m. in diameter and 2 m. long weighs 3825 N.
a. How many kN of lead weighing 110 kN/m³ must be fastened to the outside bottom
to make the cylinder float vertically with 1.50 m. submerged in fresh water.
a. How many kN of lead weighing 110 kN/m³ must be placed inside the cylinder to
make the cylinder float vertically with 1.50 m. submerged in fresh water.
b. What additional load must be placed inside the cylinder to make the top of the
cylinder flush with the water surface
c.
5. A cubical block having an edge equal to 3m. has its upper half of [Link]. = 0.80 and its lower
half of [Link]. = 1.4. It is resting on a two-layer fluid with an upper [Link]. of 0.90 and lower
[Link]. of 1.2.
a. Compute the total weight of the cube in quintals.
b. Compute the height of the top of the cube above the interface of the two-layer fluid.
c. If the depth of the upper layer of fluid having [Link]. of 0.90 is equal to 1.2 m., how
far below the liquid surface is the top of the cube.
6. A sealed hollow plug of conical shape weighs 0.1 kg. and regulates the escape of water into
atmosphere through the 5 cm. diameter hole in the bottom of the vessel. If the water level
remains above the cone.
a. Compute the volume to be considered in
computation of buoyant force.
b. Compute the buoyant force acting on the cone.
c. Find the minimum depth “h” for which the plug
will remain seated on the rim of the hole
a.
7. A rectangular barge has dimensions of 30 m. long, 10 m. wide and 3 m. depth. It weighs
4500 kN when loaded, with its center of gravity along the vertical axis is 4 m. from the bottom
of the barge. The barge is floating in seawater having a specific gravity of 1.01.
a. Determine the draft of the barge in seawater.
b. Determine the metacentric height of the barge due to
rolling.
c. Determine the metacentric height of the barge due to
pitching.
8. A rectangular boat 8 m. long by 6 m. wide, and 2.4 m. high is submerged in water by 1.8 m.
a. Find the total draft after P is placed at the edge at the boat without causing it to sink.
Assume water is fresh with density equal to 1000 kg/m³.
b. What is the max. P that can be placed at the edge at the boat without causing it to sink.
Assume water is fresh with density equal to 1000 kg/m³.
c. Solve max. P if the boat is submerged in sea water with a density at 1026 kg/m³.
9. A rectangular scow 9 m. wide 15 m. long and 3.6 m. high has a draft in sea water of 2.4 m.
Its center of gravity is 2.7 m. above the bottom of the scow.
a. Determine the initial metacentric height.
b. If the scow is tilted until one end is just submerged in water, find the sidewise shifting
of the center of buoyancy.
c. Determine the final metacentric height
a.
10. A loaded scow has draft of 1.8 m. in water, when erect. The scow is 6 m. width 12 m. long
and 2.4 m. high. The center of gravity of the scow is 1.8 m. above the bottom along the
vertical axis of symmetry.
a. Determine the initial metacentric height.
b. What is the max. single weight that can be moved transversely from the center of the
unloaded scow over the side without sinking the scow.
c. If the max. weight obtained is doubled, at what distance from the center will the scow
be on the range at submergence.