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Tutorial 5 - DMCF 2213 (Buoyancy)

This document contains a tutorial on buoyancy with 11 example problems. Problem 1 asks the student to determine the volume of a metal submerged in water. Problem 2 asks the student to calculate the load a helium balloon can support. Problem 3 asks the student to calculate the tension in a cable anchoring a submerged buoy.

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Tutorial 5 - DMCF 2213 (Buoyancy)

This document contains a tutorial on buoyancy with 11 example problems. Problem 1 asks the student to determine the volume of a metal submerged in water. Problem 2 asks the student to calculate the load a helium balloon can support. Problem 3 asks the student to calculate the tension in a cable anchoring a submerged buoy.

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UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA

FAKULTI KEJURUTERAAN MEKANIKAL

DMCF 2213 MEKANIK BENDALIR I

TUTORIAL 5
BUOYANCY

1. A piece of irregularly shaped metal weighs 300 N in air ( air = 1.293 kg/m3). When the
metal is completely submerged in water, it weighs 232.5 N. Determine the volume of the metal.
[0.00689 m3]

2. A balloon weighs 700 N and has a volume of 200 m3. It is filled with helium (helium = 0.179
kgm-3). What load will the balloon support, or what downward force is required to keep it from
rising, if the density of air is 1.293 kgm-3? [1.486 kN]

3. A spherical buoy has a diameter of 1.5 m, Seawater


weighs 8.50 KN, and is anchored to the sea floor
with a cable as is shown in Figure 1. Although the Buoy
buoy normally floats on the surface, at certain times
the water depth increases so that the buoy is Cabl
completely immersed as illustrated. For this condition
what is the tension of the cable? Given, density of
the sea water = 1025 kg/m3. [9.27 kN] Figure 1

4. A concrete cube, 0.3 m on each side, is having the specific gravity of 2.4. Determine the
magnitude and direction of the force necessary to hold it in equilibrium and completely
submerged (a) in mercury, and (b) in water. [(a) 2.96 kN Downward, (b) 0.37 kN Upward]

5. A 20 cm diameter solid cylinder 7 20 cm


cm high weighing 1.5 kg is immersed in
water (1000 kg/m3) contained in a tall,
upright metal cylinder of 25 cm inside
diameter as shown in Figure 2. Before 1.5 kg y
immersion, the liquid was 7 cm deep
(x + z = 7 cm). At what level will the x
solid cylinder float (z = ?)?
[0.053 m] z
Water
( = 1000 kg/m3)
25 cm
0.666 m Figure 2

6. A solid wood cylinder with a diameter of


0.666 m, height of 1.3 m and the specific gravity
of 0.61 relative to water. Would the cylinder be
1.3 m
stable if it is placed vertically in oil (s.g. = 0.85) as
shown in Figure 3? (Given I = d4/64)
[D = 0.933 m, GM = - 0.154 m, unstable]
Figure 3

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7. Consider a barge filled with
rock. The barge is 7 m wide, 17 m Rock
long, and 2.5 m deep (Figure 4). If 2.5 m Barge
the barge and rock weigh 2.0 MN, d
determine the depth of
submergence, d of the barge in 17 m
water.
[1.71 m] Figure 4

8. A stone weights 86 N in air ( air = 1.293 kg/m3). When submerged in water it weighs 43 N.
Find its volume and specific gravity. [4.383 x 10-3 m3, 2]

9. Consider the diagram. A 0.15 x 0.15 x 3.6


m wooden stick is hinged to the point A in water
(Figure 5). The weight of the stick is 700N.
Determine the angle .
[38.41]

Figure 5

10. A rectangular pontoon floating


in seawater (density 1025 kg/m3) is C2
8 m long, 7 m broad and 3 m deep
(Figure 6). It weighs 600 kN. It R2 m
carries on its upper deck an employ
boiler 4 m diameter weighing 400 C
1.5 m
kN. The centre of gravity of the
pontoon and boiler are at their C1
h B
geometric centres along a vertical
line. Is the system stable? h/2
bd 3 A
(Take I = )
12
7m
[Final BMCF 2223-Sem2Sesi0203]
[0.29] Figure 6

11. The density of a liquid is to be


determined by an old 1-cm-diameter
cylindrical hydrometer whose division marks
Mark for water are completely wiped out. The hydrometer is
first dropped in water, and the water level is
marked. The hydrometer is then dropped into
0.5 cm the other liquid, and it is observed that the
10 cm mark for water has risen 0.5 cm above the
liquid-air interface (see Figure 7). If the height
Unknown of the water mark is 10 cm, determine the
liquid density of the liquid. [1053 kg/m3]
Figure 7

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