Experiment : Determination-of-metacentric-height
Pontoon
900
gms
Record
Data Sheet
Area of Tank (A) = 2500 cm
2
Unit weight of water (w) = 1 gm/cm
3
Water level without pontoon Y
1
=16.9cm
Water level without pontoon Y
2
=21cm
NOTE: The negative signs in the recorded values is only to depict direction from origin. It should not be used for calculation purpose.
SNo.
Reading on Tank
pontoon Y
2
cm
mass of pontoon
W
c
=(Y
2
-Y
1
)Aw gm
Unbalanced mass
W
1
gm/cm
3
Angle of heel
Θ degree
Distance of
unbalanced mass Z
l
cm
Metacentric height
GM=(W
1
Z)/(W
c
+W
1
tan θ)