A conical wood has a circular base radius of 350 mm with its center of gravity located 750 mm from the base and is submerged at a height 'h. Determine the radius of the circular base along the free water surface if the specific gravity of the wood is 60% of a standard fluid. Also, determine the metacentric height. 350 mm C.G h 750 mm

A conical wood has a circular base radius of 350 mm with its center of gravity located 750 mm from the base and is submerged at a height 'h. Determine the radius of the circular base along the free water surface if the specific gravity of the wood is 60% of a standard fluid. Also, determine the metacentric height. 350 mm C.G h 750 mm

International Edition---engineering Mechanics: Statics, 4th Edition

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Chapter8: Centroids And Distributed Loads

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