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CE 204 Fluid Mechanics: Onur AKAY Assistant Professor Assistant Professor
CE 204 Fluid Mechanics: Onur AKAY Assistant Professor Assistant Professor
CE 204 Fluid Mechanics: Onur AKAY Assistant Professor Assistant Professor
Forces on Curved Surfaces, Buoyancy, Stability of Immersed and Floating Bodies, Relative Equilib.
CE 204
FLUID MECHANICS
Onur AKAY
Assistant Professor
Okan University
Department of Civil Engineering
Akfırat Campus
34959 Tuzla-Istanbul/TURKEY
Phone: +90-216-677-1630 ext.1974
Fax: +90-216-677-1486
E-mail: onur.akay@okan.edu.tr
Forces on Curved Surfaces, Buoyancy, Stability of Immersed and Floating Bodies, Relative Equilib.
A description of the pressure at all points along a surface is called pressure distribution.
For a uniform pressure distribution, the CP is located at the centroid of area of the panel.
Forces on Curved Surfaces, Buoyancy, Stability of Immersed and Floating Bodies, Relative Equilib.
For a hydrostatic pressure distribution, the CP is located below the centroid of area.
Forces on Curved Surfaces, Buoyancy, Stability of Immersed and Floating Bodies, Relative Equilib.
Forces on Curved Surfaces, Buoyancy, Stability of Immersed and Floating Bodies, Relative Equilib.
Area
Moment of
Inertia
Forces on Curved Surfaces, Buoyancy, Stability of Immersed and Floating Bodies, Relative Equilib.
Forces on Curved Surfaces, Buoyancy, Stability of Immersed and Floating Bodies, Relative Equilib.
Forces on Curved Surfaces, Buoyancy, Stability of Immersed and Floating Bodies, Relative Equilib.
Forces on Curved Surfaces, Buoyancy, Stability of Immersed and Floating Bodies, Relative Equilib.
Problem 3.76:
Determine the hydrostatic force acting on the radial gate if the gate is 15 m long (normal to
the page). Show the line of action of the hydrostatic force acting on the gate.
Forces on Curved Surfaces, Buoyancy, Stability of Immersed and Floating Bodies, Relative Equilib.
Buoyancy:
The upward force that is produced on a body that is totally or partially submerged in a fluid.
Displaced
volume Archimedes´ principle
Forces on Curved Surfaces, Buoyancy, Stability of Immersed and Floating Bodies, Relative Equilib.
Forces on Curved Surfaces, Buoyancy, Stability of Immersed and Floating Bodies, Relative Equilib.
Stability: Determines whether an object will tip over or remain in an upright position when
placed in a liquid.
Immersed Bodies: Center of buoyancy (C) is at the centroid of the displaced volume.
Forces on Curved Surfaces, Buoyancy, Stability of Immersed and Floating Bodies, Relative Equilib.
MOVIE
Metacenter, M: Point of intersection of the lines of action of FB.
Metacentric Height, GM: Distance between G and M.
Forces on Curved Surfaces, Buoyancy, Stability of Immersed and Floating Bodies, Relative Equilib.
Floating Bodies:
GM (+): STABLE
GM (-): UNSTABLE
Forces on Curved Surfaces, Buoyancy, Stability of Immersed and Floating Bodies, Relative Equilib.
Forces on Curved Surfaces, Buoyancy, Stability of Immersed and Floating Bodies, Relative Equilib.
Relative Equilibrium:
The acceleration affects depth but does not change the relationship:
Forces on Curved Surfaces, Buoyancy, Stability of Immersed and Floating Bodies, Relative Equilib.
Forces on Curved Surfaces, Buoyancy, Stability of Immersed and Floating Bodies, Relative Equilib.