THERMAL FLUID OPEN ENDED

LAB 2
STABILITY OF FLOATING BODIES

VINOD SERAMAN FB15004

GAUTHAM A/L PAPPACHAN FB15095

DENESH KUMAR A/L PARAMASIVAM FB15099

 OBJECTIVES

TO DESIGN AND CONDUCT THE EXPERIMENT IN DETERMINED THE STABILITY OF FLOATING

BODIES AT WITH DIFFERENT WEIGHTS AFFECTING IT
TO DETERMINE THE STABILITY OF PONTOON WITH ITS CENTRE OF GRAVITY, G WITH DIFFERENT
WEIGHTS ON THE BODY.
TO INVESTIGATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANGLE OF LIST AND LATERAL POSITION OF
WEIGHT CURVE.
 HYPOTHESIS

WHEN THE CONCENTRATED WEIGHT ON A FLOATING BODY IS INCREASED EQUALLY ON BOTH

SIDES , THE STABILITY OF THE FLOATING BODY ALSO INCREASES
MATERIALS AND APPARATUS
 THEORY
Stable equilibrium for a floating
Partially Submerged Body the Meta
centre must be above the Centre of
Gravity
Metacentric height is zero
the Body will be in Neutral
equilibrium

small load is moved a distance and

causes a tilt of angle
.
Measurement of the initial static
stability of a floating body.
 CALCULATION AND ANALYSIS
DEPTH OF IMMERSION OF
DEPTH OF CENTRE OF BUOYANCY PONTOON

BUOYANCY FORMULA

Fb = gV = ghA

CENTRE OF BUOYANCY
 RESULTS AND ANALYSIS
Mass of pontoon, mp(kg) 2.15
Adjustable mass, m (kg) 0.17
Width of pontoon, b (m) 0.20
Height of pontoon, l (m) 0.35

N0. Time taken for a full pendulum swing [s] Concentrated weights [g]
1 1.18 0
2 1.13 100
3 0.99 200
4 0.87 300
5 0.75 500
 DISCUSSION
The main theory revolve around We used pendulum swing theory to
metacentric height and center of analyze the stability of a floating
gravity body.

PROBLEMS

Type of tank used = volumetric tank

Concentrated weight placement
Displacement of the fluid on the
body
We found that the stability of a
floating body is directly proportional
to concentrated weight
LAB VIEW CIRCUIT
VARIABLES
GRAPH
CONCLUSION