Cylindrical piece of cork of density of base area A and height h floats in a liquid of density. The cork is depressed slightly and then released. Show that the cork oscillates up and down simple harmonically with a period

where ρ is the density of cork. (Ignore damping due to viscosity of the liquid).

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Solution

Base area of the cork = A

Height of the cork = h

Density of the liquid =

Density of the cork = ρ

In equilibrium:

Weight of the cork = Weight of the liquid displaced by the floating cork

Let the cork be depressed slightly by x. As a result, some extra water of a certain volume is displaced. Hence, an extra up-thrust acts upward and provides the restoring force to the cork.

Up-thrust = Restoring force, F = Weight of the extra water displaced

F = –(Volume × Density × g)

Volume = Area × Distance through which the cork is depressed

Volume = Ax

∴ F = – A x g … (i)

According to the force law:

F = kx

Where, k is a constant

The time period of the oscillations of the cork:

Where,

m = Mass of the cork

= Volume of the cork × Density

= Base area of the cork × Height of the cork × Density of the cork

= Ahρ

Hence, the expression for the time period becomes:

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