question_answer 18)

A cylindrical piece of cork of base area A and height h floats in a liquid of density \[\theta \]. The cork is depressed slightly and then released. Show that the cork oscillates up and down simple harmonically with a period \[\theta \] where \[\upsilon \] is the density of cork. (Ignore damping due to viscosity of the liquid).

Answer:

Refer to Art. 10 (a). 18 of the chapter 10(a).