ME3834FluidMechanics

Problem3.78

Given:

Sphereof =1ft3floatingasshown.

Find:

(a) Specificweightofsphere: .
(b) Newequilibriumpositionif20poundweightisremoved:d.

Solution:

Balanceforcesonsphere,

Basicequation: 0

Computingequation: buoyancy =

Then 0

Thus +

1 1
20 62.4 51.2
1 2

Tofindnewequilibriumposition,evaluateforcefromwateronsphere.

Basicequations:

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 ME3834FluidMechanics
Problem3.78

Assumptions:(1)Staticliquid.
(2)Incompressible.
(3)Neglect ,becauseitacts
eeverywhere.

Then cos ; ; 1 ; 1

2 2

1 2 2 1

Now = = 2 1 ,

At , cos 1 ,so

1 1 1 1
2 1 1 1
2 2 3 3

1 1 1
2 1 1
6 2 3

But = ,so

3 4 1 1 1
buoyancy ; 1 1
2 3 6 2 3

BecauseT 0,

.
Thusatequilibrium = SG = 0.547,
.

Byiterationusingaspreadsheet, 0.547when 1.46

For 1 , and =0.620ft

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 ME3834FluidMechanics
Problem3.78

Thusd 1.46R 1.46 0.62 0.906

Thespreadsheetsresultsandplotareshownbelow.