Iceberg floating in the ocean

An iceberg having a specific gravity of 0.92 0.92 is floating on the salt water of specific gravity of 1.03 1.03 . If the volume of the iceberg above the water surface is 1000 m 3 1000~m^3 , which of the following is the most approximate total volume of the iceberg in m 3 m^3 ?

Details:

unit weight of water = 9.81 k N m 3 9.81\frac{kN}{m^3}

10364 9364 7364 8364

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1 solution

Let

V V be the total volume of the iceberg,

V 1 V_1 be the volume of the iceberg above water surface,

V D V_D be the volume displaced,

B F BF be the bouyant force

W i c e W_{ice} be the weight of ice

γ i c e \gamma_{ice} be the unit weight of iceberg

γ s w \gamma_{sw} be the unit weight of seawater

s . g s.g be the specific gravity

Solution:

W i c e = γ i c e V = 9.81 ( 0.92 ) V = 9.0252 V W_{ice}=\gamma_{ice}V=9.81(0.92)V=9.0252V

B F = γ s w ( V D ) = 9.81 ( 1.03 ) ( V 1000 ) = 10.1043 ( V 1000 ) BF=\gamma_{sw}(V_D)=9.81(1.03)(V-1000)=10.1043(V-1000)

From the free-body diagram,

F v = 0 \sum F_v=0

W i c e = B F W_{ice}=BF

9.0252 V = 10.1043 ( V 1000 ) 9.0252V=10.1043(V-1000)

9.0252 10.1043 V = V 1000 \dfrac{9.0252}{10.1043}V=V-1000

V = 9364 m 3 \color{#D61F06}\boxed{V=9364~m^3}

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