Engineering Board Exam Reviewer · Fluid Mechanics · easy

The distance between the center of gravity and the metacenter of a floating body is called the:

1. Draft
2. Metacentric height
3. Freeboard
4. Center of pressure

Answer

B. Metacentric height

Solution

GM = BM - BG, where BM = I/Vd.

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