Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Floating Cylinders

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written by Gary Gladding
published by the University of llinois Physics Education Research Group

This is an interactive homework problem for introductory physics students on fluids and buoyant force. It involves two differently shaped cylinders with the same mass density floating in a container of non-moving water. The student must determine the ratio of the height of Cylinder #2 above the water to the height of Cylinder #1. A user-activated "help" sequence is provided for each step of the problem-solving, from conceptual analysis through quantitative calculation. Immediate feedback is received for both correct and incorrect responses.

This item is part of a larger collection of interactive homework problems for introductory physics. See Related items on this page for a link to the full collection.

https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys101/ie/11/397-2

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Education Practices - Active Learning = Problem Solving Fluid Mechanics - Statics of Fluids = Density and Buoyancy	- Lower Undergraduate - High School	- Instructional Material = Activity = Best practice = Tutorial

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2006 University of Illinois Physics Education Research Group
Keywords:: Archimedes Principle, buoyant force, density, fluids, homework problem, interactive problem
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created February 3, 2008 by Alea Smith
Record Updated:: August 3, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: June 16, 2006

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G. Gladding, Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Floating Cylinders (University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, Urbana, 2006), <https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys101/ie/11/397-2>.

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Gladding, G. (2006, June 16). Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Floating Cylinders. Retrieved October 12, 2024, from University of llinois Physics Education Research Group: https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys101/ie/11/397-2

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Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Floating Cylinders. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, June 16, 2006. https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys101/ie/11/397-2 (accessed 12 October 2024).

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Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Floating Cylinders. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, 2006. 16 June 2006. 12 Oct. 2024 <https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys101/ie/11/397-2>.

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