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Definition of Center of buoyancy
1. Noun. (physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object.
Category relationships: Natural Philosophy, Physics
Generic synonyms: Center Of Mass, Centre Of Mass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Center Of Buoyancy
Literary usage of Center of buoyancy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1895)
"The position of the center of buoyancy will probably not vary greatly.
The compartments liable to be opened up to the sea will probably not be found, ..."
2. Marine Insurance: Its Principles and Practice by William David Winter (1919)
"It will be observed that the center of gravity G remains stationary, provided
the cargo does not shift, while the center of buoyancy B moves over toward the ..."
3. Text-book on Hydraulics by George Edmond Russell (1909)
"28 will show that for this latter case the body will assume a position so that
its center of gravity and the center of buoyancy will lie in the same ..."
4. Treatise on Hydraulics by Mansfield Merriman, Thaddeus Merriman (1916)
"The stability depends in any case upon the relative position of the center of
gravity of the body and its center of buoyancy, the latter being the center of ..."
5. Physics: Advanced Course by George Frederick Barker (1893)
"56), 3f being its center of mass and B the center of buoyancy. ... The new center
of buoyancy will be at B'\ and the upward force at B' ..."
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