A great lakes ore freighter has a mass of 31000 tons. It is designed to safely carry 21000 tons of iron ore, when it is in Lake Michigan. How much ore could it carry safely on the ocean? Assume that safety depends only on maintaining the water line at the same position. The density of ocean water is 1025 kg/m3. Express your answer in tons.
Fluid Pressure
The term fluid pressure is coined as, the measurement of the force per unit area of a given surface of a closed container. It is a branch of physics that helps to study the properties of fluid under various conditions of force.
Gauge Pressure
Pressure is the physical force acting per unit area on a body; the applied force is perpendicular to the surface of the object per unit area. The air around us at sea level exerts a pressure (atmospheric pressure) of about 14.7 psi but this doesn’t seem to bother anyone as the bodily fluids are constantly pushing outwards with the same force but if one swims down into the ocean a few feet below the surface one can notice the difference, there is increased pressure on the eardrum, this is due to an increase in hydrostatic pressure.
A great lakes ore freighter has a mass of 31000 tons. It is designed to safely carry 21000 tons of iron ore, when it is in Lake Michigan. How much ore could it carry safely on the ocean? Assume that safety depends only on maintaining the water line at the same position. The density of ocean water is 1025 kg/m3. Express your answer in tons.
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