A solid cylinder of diameter 5.0m has a height of 5.0 m. Find the metacentric height of the cylinder if the specific gravity of the material of cylinder is 0.70 and is floating in water with its axis vertical.

A solid cylinder of diameter 5.0m has a height of 5.0 m. Find the metacentric height of the cylinder if the specific gravity of the material of cylinder is 0.70 and is floating in water with its axis vertical.

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

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Chapter8: Centroids And Distributed Loads

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Problem 8.100P: The cylindrical water tank with R = 10 ft and H = 1.6 ft has thin steel walls of uniform thickness...

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