Technological Institute of the Philippines Prepared by: Engr. Adams Royce A.

Dionisio, RCE
938 Aurora Blvd., Cubao, Quezon City Structural Engineer
College of Engineering and Architecture
Department of Civil Engineering

CE 402

Fluid Mechanics
 Technological Institute of the Philippines Prepared by: Engr. Adams Royce A. Dionisio, RCE
938 Aurora Blvd., Cubao, Quezon City Structural Engineer
College of Engineering and Architecture
Department of Civil Engineering
Archimedes’ Principle
Archimedes’ Principle- or principle of buoyancy, states that when a body is placed in a static fluid, it is buoyed
up by a force that is equal to the weight of the fluid that is displaced by the body, discovered by the Greek
Scientist Archimedes. The point where the buoyant force acts is called the center of buoyancy coinciding with
the center of gravity of the volume of fluid displaced.

↑ 𝐹𝑏 = 𝛾𝑓 𝑉𝑏 ↓ 𝐹𝑎 = 𝛾𝑓 𝑉𝑎 ↑ 𝐹𝐵 = 𝛾𝑓 𝑉𝑏 − 𝑉𝑎 = 𝛾𝑓 𝑉𝑑
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Statical Stability of Floating Bodies 𝑀 − 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟
𝑠
𝐵 𝐺𝑀 − 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐 ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡
𝑀
𝑀𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒 = 𝑀𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓𝐹𝐵
𝛾𝑓 𝑣 𝑠 = 𝛾𝑓 𝑉𝑑 (𝑀𝐵𝑜 sin 𝜃)
𝐺 𝑊 𝑣𝑠
𝑀𝐵𝑜 =
𝑊 𝑉𝑑 sin 𝜃
𝐵/2
𝐵𝑜 𝐵𝑜 ′ 𝛾𝑓 𝑣 𝐵/2 tan 𝜃
𝐹𝐵 𝜃
𝐹𝐵 ≈ 2/3(𝐵/2)
1 𝐵 𝐵 2
𝐵 tan 𝜃 𝐿 𝐵
𝜃 𝑀𝐵𝑜 = 2 2 2 3
𝑉𝑑 sin 𝜃
𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝜃, tan 𝜃 = sin 𝜃 ≈ 𝜃
𝐿 𝐿𝐵3
12 𝐼
𝑀𝐵𝑜 = 𝑀𝐵𝑜 =
𝑉𝑑 𝑉𝑑
 Technological Institute of the Philippines Prepared by: Engr. Adams Royce A. Dionisio, RCE
938 Aurora Blvd., Cubao, Quezon City Structural Engineer
College of Engineering and Architecture
Department of Civil Engineering
Sample Problems:
1. A flat-bottomed boat has vertical sides and a bottom surface area of 0.75 𝑚2 . It floats in water such that its
draft (depth below the surface) is 0.3 m. Determine the mass of the boat. What is the draft when a 50-kg man
stands in the center of the boat?
Solution:

50 𝑘𝑔

𝑑
𝐹𝐵
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Department of Civil Engineering
Sample Problems:
2. When loaded with gravel, the barge floats in water at the depth shown. If its center of gravity is located at G
determine whether the barge will restore itself when a wave causes it to roll slightly at 9 °.
Solution: