Find the height of the metacenter from the top of the beaker

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Find the height of the metacenter from the top of the beaker

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Step 1 Metacentric height calculation

case1: Cylinder is vertical (projected area is circular, view from free surface)

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Metacentric height, (GM)

GM=IminV-BG   where  BG - distance between centroid and center of buyouancy               Imin- second area moment              V-volume of the submerged objectImin=IXX=IYY=  π64d4=  π642R4=π4R4V=π4×2R2×2h=2πR2hsince BG=0 in case of submerged bodyGM=π4R42πR2h-0  GM=R28h                                                                        from top G lies at h¯ h¯=h+2h2=3htherefore point M lies at  h¯-GM3h-R28h                                                       (Ans)

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