Mechanical Engineering - Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics - Section 6 (Q.No. 35)
35.
When a body, floating in a liquid, is given a small angular displacement, it starts oscillating about a point known as
centre of pressure
centre of gravity
centre of buoyancy
metacentre
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Shivaji said:   9 years ago
The point where an imaginary vertical line running through the center of buoyancy of a tilted floating body crosses the line that originally passed vertically through the body's center of buoyancy when it was at equilibrium.

Demon said:   9 years ago
What is metacentre?

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