Stability of Immersed and Floating Bodies C
Stability of Immersed and Floating Bodies C
Stability of Immersed and Floating Bodies C
CONCEPT OF STABILITY
Consider a pendulum of mass m attached to a rod suspended from a pivot. The pendulum can
adopt two static equilibrium positions shown below:
- Equilibrium position 1 is stable since any small disturbance would generate a restoring
force (due to gravity) that would return the mass to its initial position.