(II) A crane lifts the 13,000-kg steel hull of a sunken

Solution 24P:

We have to determine the tension developed in the crane cable when it is pulling the hull

of a sunken ship, in and out of water.

Step 1 of 5

Concept:

Densityof the body is defined as the ratio of the mass of the body to its

volume. Mathematically,

                         …(1)

        Buoyancy force acting on the body having its volume immersed inside the liquid of density is given as,

                                                …(2)