Metacentric Height and Stability - Why Ships Tend to Stay Upright

Here we learn how to find the exact metacenter or simply the metacentric height of a floating body, for example in ships or other similar floating vessels. The article discusses the three states of equilibrium associated with floating bodies viz: stable, neutral or unstable and also moment of inertia, buoyancy etc. which become the important elements while calculating metacentric heights of floating bodies. The entire subject has been evaluated stage wise through formulas.