(41C) Buoyancy Lifting

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An extract from The use of Bouyancy to Lift Heavy Objects from the Sea, Naval Post Graduate School, MIT Thesis, JUN 81, 136 pgs.

1.3 Stability
From basic hydrostatics it is apparent that stability is a function of the positions of the center of gravity, center of buoyancy, submerged volume, waterplane area, and free surface.

CHAPTER 3
CLAMP-ON PONTOON SYSTEM

APPENDIX C
CLAMP-ON PONTOON CALCULATIONS
To find the center of gravity of the barge-jacket-pontoon system:
To find the center of buoyancy of the barge-jacket-pontoon-system:
To find the contribution of GM due to waterplane area:

APPENDIX D
HP-41C CALCULATOR PROGRAM FOR CLAMP-ON PONTOONS
378 program steps

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