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BUOYANCY AND STABILITY
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BUOYANCYDEFINITION
Itis an upward force exerted by a fluid that
opposes the weight of an immersed object. In a
column of fluid pressure increases with depth as a
result of the weight of the o!erlying fluid.
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Buoyant Force
" The force remains evenwithout the origina !ui"#
" It must $aance theweight that wou" have$een there#
" This is the buoyantforce#
# %&uas the fuidweight
# Directe" u'war"
# Acts on the voume
Fb = mg
VgFbuoy =
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Sin(ing an" )ising
" An o$*ect in a !ui""is'aces a voume thatha" some mass#
" If the o$*ect is heavierthan the !ui" it sin(s#
" If the o$*ect is ighter itrises#
Fb = Vg
W= mg
Fb = Vg
W= mg
mmgVgamgVgFnet
/)( =
=
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Archime"es+ ,rinci'e
" An o$*ect sus'en"e" in a !ui" hasess a''arent weight "ue to$uoyancy#
Fb = Vg
W= mg
FT = mg -
Vg
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Ice$erg
" An ice$erg has an average"ensity of -./ ofseawater#
" 0hat fraction of theice$erg is un"erwater1
The $uoyant force is theweight of water "is'ace"$y the ice$erg2 Fb3
waterVsubg#
The weight is the totaweight of the ice2 Wi3
iceViceg#
Fin" the ratio of Vsub/Vice 0e (now the ratio ice4water
waterVsubg = iceViceg
Vsub/Vice3 ice4water3 5#-.
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Center of Buoyancy
" The force of $uoyancy acts at thecenter of mass of the missing !ui"#
" The "is'acing o$*ect has a center ofgravity at its center of mass#
" The two forces may not act at thesame 'oint#
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Ti''y Canoe
" If a forces on an o$*ectact at "i6erent 'ointsthere is a tor&ue#
" Buoyant force a$ove thecenter of mass is sta$e#
# The tor&ue moves it$ac( to the center
" Buoyant force $eow thecenter of mass isunsta$e#
# The tor&ue moves itaway from the center
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STABILITY
" A !oating o$*ect is sta$e if it ten"sto restore itsef to an e&uii$rium'osition after a sma "is'acement#
For e7am'e8 !oating o$*ects wigeneray have vertica sta$iity8 as ifthe o$*ect is 'ushe" "own sighty8
this wi create a greater $uoyancyforce8 which8 un$aance" $y theweight force8 wi 'ush the o$*ect
$ac( u'
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Stability o Immersed and Floating
Bodies9Centers of $uoyancy an" gravity "o not coinci"e9 A sma rotation can resut in either a restoring or
overturning cou'e#
9 Sta$iity is im'ortant for !oating $o"ies
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Stability o an immersed body
Sta$iity of acom'etey
immerse" $o"y :center
of gravity $eowentroi"#
Sta$iity of a com'eteyimmerse" $o"y : centerof gravity a$ovecentroi"#
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Stability o a foating body
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%CONO;IC ,I,% DIA;%T%)
The "iameter of the 'i'e strongyin!uences the 'resent vaue of the'ant8 through $oth the annua cost of
eectric 'ower an" the instaation costof the 'i'ing system
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%conomic 'i'e seection metho"
" Intro"uction
" The economic 'i'e seection metho" is use to$aance >7e" cost of 'i'e with annua energy
cost for 'um'ing" 0ith arge 'i'e si?es8 the average !ow veocityfor a given "ischarge "ecreases8 causing acorres'on"ing "ecrease in friction oss
" This re"uces the hea" on the 'um' an" energycan $e save"
" @owever8 arger 'i'es are e7'ensive
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" To $aance these costs an" to >n" theminimum cost8 we wi annuaise the
>7e" costs8 com'are" with annuaenergy costs#
" 0e wi ta(e into account interestrates an" in!ation rates to ma(e thecom'arison
" This is $asicay an engineeringeconomics 'ro$em s'eciay a"a'te"to ma(e the seection of 'i'e si?es
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,rinci'e ste's
" Determine the e&uivaent annuacost for 'urchasing each avaia$e'i'e si?e
" Determine the annua energy cost of'um'ing
" Baance the annua cost for a"*acent
'i'e si?e
" Construct a gra'h of system !owrate v4s section !ow rate
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,i'e si?e vs cost