H2 Didactic apparatus for studying the stability of a floating body Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Vocational Training Equipment
Description
A training device for studying the stability of a floating body for determining the stability of a pontoon whose center of gravity, metacentric height and metacentre can be adjusted to different heights.
Supplied with a complete instructional manual with practical work (TP).
Educational holdings
This teaching equipment makes it possible to carry out the following practical exercises:
- Study of the influence of the height of the center of gravity
- Study of the influence of the horizontal position of the center of gravity
- Comparison between experimental measurements and theory
- Calculation of the angle of lodging according to the position of the center of gravity
- Research on the behavior of a partially sunk ship.
Supplied with a complete instructional manual with practical work (TP).
Specifications for tender
STUDY OF THE STABILITY OF A FLOATING BODY
The bench must allow the following pedagogical operations:
- Study of the influence of the height of the center of gravity
- Study of the influence of the horizontal position of the center of gravity
- Comparison between experimental measurements and theory
- Calculation of the angle of lodging according to the position of the center of gravity
- Research on the behavior of a partially sunk ship.
Technical specifications required:
- The device will study the stability of a body like a floating boat at the free surface of a liquid.
- It will make it possible to study the stability of a pontoon according to the height and the horizontal position of its center of gravity.
- 1 molded plastic water tank 610 x 406 x 127 mm
- 1 thin sheet metal pontoon, of rectangular section, weighted and equipped with a mast
- Useful height of the mast: 266 mm
- Pontoon moving weight: 200 g
- Adjustable mast weight: 500 g
- Angle of inclination: 8 ° on each side of the vertical
- Graduation by 1/2 degree
- 1 lead wire connected to a mast
- Dimensions: 356 x 203 x 76 mm
- User and Practical Manual
