TEST TITLE: THE STABILITY OF A FLOATING BODY

Recorded the data when experiment.

Weight and Dimensions of Pontoon

Weight of pontoon (excluding jockey weight), Wp = 22.48 Nm

Weight of jockey, Wj = 0.3.82 Nm

Total weight of floating assembly, W = Wp + Wj = 2.821 Nm

W
Pontoon displacement, V = = m3
w
Breadth of Pontoon, D = 203 mm = 0.2018 m

Length of Pontoon, L = 360 mm = 0.3601 m

Area of pontoon in plane of water surface, A = L D = 7.267 x m2

LD 3
Second Moment of area, I = = 2.466 x m4
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Depth of immersion, OC=V/A = 3.88 x = mm

Height of centre of buoyancy B above O , OB = BC = OC/2 = 19.4 mm

Table 1

Yj (m) 0.377 0.312 0.248 0.184 0.126

OG (m) 0.118 0.108 0.088 0.089 0.069

Table 2

Jockey Jockey Displacement from Centre, Xj (mm)

Height, yj -45 -30 -15 0 15 30 45

105 - - -5.5° 0° 5.5° - -

165 - -8.0° -4.0° 0° 4.0° 8.0° -

225 -9.0° -6.0° -3.0° 0° 3.0° 6.0° -9.0°

285 -8.0° -5.5° -2.5° 0° 2.5° 5.5° -8.0°

345 -7.0° -4.5° -2.0° 0° 2.0° 4.5° -7.0°

Table 3:

Jockey Height Xj/θ (mm/0) Metacentric

OG (mm) BM (mm)
(mm) 15 30 45 Height, GM (mm)

105 58.7 45.7 85.0

2.73 - -

165 67.1 3.75 3.75 - 38.3 86.0

225 75.4 5.00 5.00 5.00 30.8 86.8

285 83.7 22.9 87.2

6.00 5.45 5.63

345 92.0 16.0 88.6

7.50 6.67 6.43