How can we solve the ground reaction?

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  1. xichyu
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    A ship stranded on a shoal,and part of hull under sea mud. The weight of ship
    is G. If we only know the shiplines,other details can not be obtained. How can
    we solve the ground reaction?
     
  2. TANSL
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    G = Ground reaction + thrust due to the volume of displaced water.
    Sum of moments of the three forces = 0. It will be more difficult to determine.
     
  3. Barry
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    I think that it will be a little more complicated than the above due to the fact that the mud would provide some buoyancy.

    ie if the boat was grounded on rock, it would be quite simple if you knew the amount of water displaced.
    But in this case if the mud is soft then there will be pressure/buoyancy on the hull acting below the mud to water interface.

    So if it is quite soft then you would have to determine the amount of mud that is also displaced and determine buoyant forces using the density of the mud

    Alternatively if you had scoured out the profile of the hull into the mud to some level and let the boat strand into the scoured out profile, you would still get a buoyant effect from the volume of the water displaced by the hull below the mud level if the boat hull surface was wet.
     
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    It would largely depend on the qualities of the mud. You should treat it like a semi-solid.
     
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    You will agree with me that in the "Ground reaction" is included buoyancy due to mud.
    On the other hand, with the data that the OP gives us, it seems quite impossible to draw any meaningful conclusion.


    What is very important is to know that: "It would largely depend on the qualities of the mud". With that and a fishing rod, we can solve the problem.:)
     
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    Yes,I am considering to learn Soil Mechanics
     
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    TERZAGHI EQUATION may solve the problem
     
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    In the initial stage, we can assume the same qualitiy of the mud
     

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    The Bowles correction could be used giving Dw=0. That is an interesting approach
     
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