Consider the cylindrical buoy pictured below floating in sea water with density p= 1025 kg/m³. The dimensions and mass of the buoy are given in the table below. The centre of gravity is located at the geometric centre of the buoy. D G 0.5H₁ 27 H₁
Consider the cylindrical buoy pictured below floating in sea water with density p= 1025 kg/m³. The dimensions and mass of the buoy are given in the table below. The centre of gravity is located at the geometric centre of the buoy. D G 0.5H₁ 27 H₁
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Transcribed Image Text:Consider the cylindrical buoy pictured below floating in sea water with density p= 1025 kg/m³.
The dimensions and mass of the buoy are given in the table below.
The centre of gravity is located at the geometric centre of the buoy.
D
G
0.5H₁
27
H₁

Transcribed Image Text:Take the density of sea water as 1025 kg/m³.
The submerged height (Hubmerged)=
The metacritic radius (7metacritic)=
QUESTION 3(A)
Determine the submerged height of the buoy (to the nearest mm).
Report your answer in mm and use this rounded value in subsequent calculations.
Buoy height (H₁):
Buoy diameter (D):
Buoy mass (m):
The equilibrium is
QUESTION 3(C)
Is the buoy stable, unstable or in neutral equilibrium?
A
0.0727 A mm
QUESTION 3(B)
Determine the metacentric radius of the buoy in mm.
Report your answer in mm and use this rounded value in subsequent calculations.
YOUR PROGRESS ON QUESTION 3
1715 mm
1127 mm
8 mm
744 kg
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