A cylindrical buoy 600 mm in diameter and 1.8 m high weighs 205 kg. It i moored in salt water to a 12 m length of chain weighing 12 kg per m of its length. At high tide, the height of buoy protruding above water surface is 0.84. What could be the length of protrusion of the buoy if the tide dropped 2.1 m? Density of steel is 7,790 kg/m2. Use density of water = 1000 kg/m³. W, 205 kg 0.6m W, - 205 kg 0.6m 0.84 1.8m 2.1 m 0.96 BF, 1.8m D. BF H' BF, L' Chain BF'y Figure a: High Tide Figure b: Low Tide

A cylindrical buoy 600 mm in diameter and 1.8 m high weighs 205 kg. It i moored in salt water to a 12 m length of chain weighing 12 kg per m of its length. At high tide, the height of buoy protruding above water surface is 0.84. What could be the length of protrusion of the buoy if the tide dropped 2.1 m? Density of steel is 7,790 kg/m2. Use density of water = 1000 kg/m³. W, 205 kg 0.6m W, - 205 kg 0.6m 0.84 1.8m 2.1 m 0.96 BF, 1.8m D. BF H' BF, L' Chain BF'y Figure a: High Tide Figure b: Low Tide

International Edition---engineering Mechanics: Statics, 4th Edition

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Chapter8: Centroids And Distributed Loads

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