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B Buoyancy and Metacentric Height Analytical Method to calculate Metacentric Height B L Metacentric Height
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Buoyancy and Metacentric Height
Analytical Method to calculateMetacentric Height
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Analytical Method to calculateMetacentric Height
BUOYANCY
Weight of Displaced Fluid
G
Archimedes Principle :Whenever a body is immersed wholly or partially in a fluid then it is lifted up by a forceequal to the weight of fluid displaced by the body
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W
FB
Whenever a body is immersed wholly or partially in a fluid then it is lifted up by a forceequal to the weight of fluid displaced by the body and this Upward force is known as
Buoyancy force
W
GH
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FB
FB = Weight of water displaced by body= m * g= ρ * Volume of water displaced by body * g= ρ * g * ( h * B * L )
Where, h = depth of body immersed in liquidB = Width of bodyL = Length of body
B
W
GH
B
FB
FB = Weight of water displaced by body= m * g= ρ * Volume of water displaced by body * g= ρ * g * ( h * B * L )
Where, h = depth of body immersed in liquidB = Width of bodyL = Length of body
h
Moment = Force * Perpendicular distance
