A wooden block (of specific gravity 0.70) of size 1501530 cm floats horizontally on the surface of sea water (specific weight 1025 kg/m). Calculate the volume of water depth of immersion and the position of centre of buoyancy. Also find the metacentric height and angular moment for tilt of 5 and comment on the stability of block

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A wooden block (of specific gravity 0.70) of size
1501530 cm floats horizontally on the surface of sea
water (specific weight 1025 kg/m). Calculate the
volume of water depth of immersion and the position of
centre of buoyancy. Also find the metacentric height
and angular moment for tilt of 5 and comment on the
stability of block
Transcribed Image Text:A wooden block (of specific gravity 0.70) of size 1501530 cm floats horizontally on the surface of sea water (specific weight 1025 kg/m). Calculate the volume of water depth of immersion and the position of centre of buoyancy. Also find the metacentric height and angular moment for tilt of 5 and comment on the stability of block
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