When a body is completely immersed in a liquid, its stability depends on the relative positions of the center of gravity of the body and the centroid of the displaced volume of fluid known as center of buoyancy. What stability conditions are demonstrated below; (a) A. (a) Stable (b) Neutral C. (a) Unstable (b) Neutral E. None of the above Center of buoyancy Weight (c) Unstable (c) Stable co (b) (c) B. (a) Neutral (b) Stable D. (a) Stable (b) nstable (c) Unstable (c) Neutral

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When a body is completely immersed in a liquid, its stability depends on the
relative positions of the center of gravity of the body and the centroid of the
displaced volume of fluid known as center of buoyancy. What stability
conditions are demonstrated below;
(a)
A. (a) Stable (b) Neutral
C. (a) Unstable (b) Neutral
E. None of the above
Center of
buoyancy
Weight
(c) Unstable
(c) Stable
co
(b)
(c)
B. (a) Neutral (b) Stable
(c) Unstable
D. (a) Stable (b) Instable (c) Neutral
Transcribed Image Text:When a body is completely immersed in a liquid, its stability depends on the relative positions of the center of gravity of the body and the centroid of the displaced volume of fluid known as center of buoyancy. What stability conditions are demonstrated below; (a) A. (a) Stable (b) Neutral C. (a) Unstable (b) Neutral E. None of the above Center of buoyancy Weight (c) Unstable (c) Stable co (b) (c) B. (a) Neutral (b) Stable (c) Unstable D. (a) Stable (b) Instable (c) Neutral
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