Center of Buoyancy Example Problem - Stability and Metacentric Height

[@lenvanvliet8294]

Thanks Brian, very helpful

[@BrianBernardEngineering]

You're welcome!

[@limbandtreeremoval]

So "One" could say a well designed vessel is like a well balanced meal..? LoL... Your explanation for 80% of mass near the lower 20% of the bottom of vessel would create unfavorable conditions? Small Ocean going/ full displacement/ live aboard...trawler? Norhavn/ Katie krogen style ... Thank you You realize why some boats have a perfect design, when you would otherwise think ill change it... LoL And some GOOD boat designs are best left alone (for the most part) Smart ppl designing smart things (like yourself) Thank you

[@kevinrivadeneira5478]

Hello, to find the Meta Center in the Equation I/V, if the object is hollow, do I take this into consideration when it comes to the cross sectional area used for I or no?. Im a little confused on that. Thank you!

[@BrianBernardEngineering]

Yes, mass moment of inertia I is definitely different for a hollow vs solid shape. As a simpler example to recognize this, look at the area moment of inertia of a ring vs a disk. They are both circles, but different moment of inertia. (if mass is the same, the ring has higher inertia, since more mass is further away from the center, disk has more mass closer to the center)