Concept:
Buoyancy force on a body is given by:
Fb = ρ × Vd × g
where, ρ = Density of liquid, Vd = Volume displaced, g = Acceleration due to gravity
A body floats when the force of buoyancy is equal to the weight of the body i.e.
Fb = mg
When an equation is of the form \(\ddot x+ \frac{k}{m}x = 0\)
then the natural frequency is given by:
\({\omega _n} = \sqrt {\frac{k}{m}} \)
Calculation:
Given, Radius(r) = 20 cm, The density of water (ρ) = 1000 kg/m3
Acceleration due to gravity (g) = 10 m/s2
Let,
Mass of body = m, The density of body = ρs, The volume of body = Vs
The volume of fluid displaced \({{\rm{V}}_{\rm{d}}}{\rm{;}} = {\rm{;}}\frac{{{V_s}}}{2}\)
As the body is floating
mg = ρ × Vd × g
⇒ m = ρ × Vd = \(\rho \times \frac{{{V_s}}}{2}\)
\(\begin{array}{l} \Rightarrow {\rho _s} \times {V_s} = \rho \times \frac{{{V_s}}}{2}\ \Rightarrow {\rho _s} = \frac{\rho }{2} \end{array}\)
Now, displacing the ball slightly (x) inside the water creates extra buoyancy force on the body which is equal to Fb1 = ρ × Vextra × g
Since very small disturbance x is given to the ball the instantaneous volume of the ball which will dip more into the water will be
Here Vextra = area × x = πr2x
mẍ + Fb1 = 0
\( \Rightarrow \rho \times \frac{{{V_s}}}{2} \times\ddot x + \rho \times \pi {r^2}x \times g = 0\)
\( \Rightarrow \frac{{{V_s}}}{2} \times\ddot x + \pi {r^2}x \times g = 0\)
\( \Rightarrow \frac{4}{3} \times \frac{{\pi {r^3}}}{2} \times \ddot x + \pi {r^2}x \times g = 0\)
\( \Rightarrow \ddot x + \frac{{3g}}{{2r}}x = 0\)
\(\therefore {\omega _n} = \sqrt {\frac{{3g}}{{2r}}} = \sqrt {\frac{{3; \times 10}}{{2; \times 0.2}}} =8.66;rad/s\)
⇒ ωn = 8.66 rad/s