This document discusses concepts related to buoyancy and floatation including:
1. Buoyancy is the upward force exerted by a fluid on an immersed object equal to the weight of the fluid displaced.
2. The centre of buoyancy is the point where the buoyant force is considered to act, located at the centre of mass of the displaced fluid.
3. The metacentre is the point about which an object begins to tilt when angularly displaced, and the metacentric height is the distance between the metacentre and centre of gravity. Stable, unstable and neutral equilibrium depend on the relative positions of these points.
This document discusses concepts related to buoyancy and floatation including:
1. Buoyancy is the upward force exerted by a fluid on an immersed object equal to the weight of the fluid disp…