Aashi posted an Question
January 19, 2021 • 18:43 pm 30 points
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When the metacenter is below center of gravity, the body will sink or it will just topple?

when the metacenter is below center of gravity, the body will sink or it will just topple?

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  • Rohit kumar gupta best-answer

    metacenter, in fluid mechanics the theoretical point at which an imaginary vertical line passing through the centre of buoyancy, and centre of gravity intersects the imaginary vertical line through a new centre of buoyancy created when the body is displaced, or tipped, in the water, however little.The centre of buoyancy of a floating body is the point about which all the body parts exactly buoy each other—in other words, the effective centre of the displaced water. The metacentre remains directly above the centre of buoyancy regardless of the tilt of a floating body, such as a ship. When at rest on even keel, the vessel’s centre of buoyancy is directly below the centre of gravity as well as below the metacentre. (The centre of gravity is the point in a body about which all parts of the body balance each other.) When a vessel tilts, one side displaces more water than does the other, and the centre of buoyancy moves and is no longer directly under the centre of gravity, but, regardless of the amount of the tilt, the centre of buoyancy remains directly below the metacentre. If the metacentre is above the centre of gravity, buoyancy restores stability when the ship tilts. The stability increases with the distance between metacentre and centre of gravity, called the metacentric height. If the metacentre is below the centre of gravity, the boat is unstable, and a tilt results in capsizing.

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    Dhairya sharma best-answer

    If the metacentre is below the centre of gravity, the body is unstable, and a tilt results in capsizing.

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    hope you get your ans

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    it will capsize and will still float?

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    it'll capsize.

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