Journal article
The righting arm in Archimedes' On Floating Bodies
SHIP TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH
13 Jan 2024
Abstract
Archimedes' Law of Buoyancy describing the magnitude of the buoyancy force on a floating object is justly regarded as the beginning of the field of hydrostatics. But a postulate he attached to it about the line of action of the buoyancy force is equally important and is essential in determining equilibrium orientations of a floating body and the stability of those orientations. In proving the stability of certain orientations of a floating truncated sphere or paraboloid, he introduced a distance now recognized as the precursor of the righting arm of a floating body. This paper delves into this seminal concept and also brings Archimedes' results up-to-date by finding all of the equilibrium orientations - both stable and unstable - for the two basic floating bodies he studied.
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- Title
- The righting arm in Archimedes' On Floating Bodies
- Publication Details
- SHIP TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH
- Publisher
- TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD; ABINGDON
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001145970300001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85184734290
- Other Identifier
- 991021861281804721
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- Engineering, Marine