SOLVE THE FF, SHOW YOUR COMPLETE SOLUTION (ANSWERS MUST BE IN 3 DECIMAL PLACES). The scow is 50 ft long, 30 ft wide and 8 ft deep. It has a draft of 5ft, when floating in an upright position. The center of gravity of the scow is on the axis of the symmetry 1ft above the water surface. Find: (a) The initial metacentric height (at initial position) (b) The metacentric height in tilted position when the angle of tilt is 10. (c) The distance between weight and the buoyancy in tilted position. (d) The moment created. (e) Classify the kind of moment. (f) The shifted distance of buoyancy.

SOLVE THE FF, SHOW YOUR COMPLETE SOLUTION (ANSWERS MUST BE IN 3 DECIMAL PLACES). The scow is 50 ft long, 30 ft wide and 8 ft deep. It has a draft of 5ft, when floating in an upright position. The center of gravity of the scow is on the axis of the symmetry 1ft above the water surface. Find: (a) The initial metacentric height (at initial position) (b) The metacentric height in tilted position when the angle of tilt is 10. (c) The distance between weight and the buoyancy in tilted position. (d) The moment created. (e) Classify the kind of moment. (f) The shifted distance of buoyancy.

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

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Chapter8: Centroids And Distributed Loads

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Problem 8.100P: The cylindrical water tank with R = 10 ft and H = 1.6 ft has thin steel walls of uniform thickness...

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