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<journal-id>0035-001X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de física]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. fis.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0035-001X</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de Física]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0035-001X2023000500003</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.31349/revmexfis.69.050601</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Alternative approach to explore the stability of floating bodies]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Segura]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,University of Los Andes Faculty of sciences Department of Physics]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2023</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>69</volume>
<numero>5</numero>
<fpage>0</fpage>
<lpage>0</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0035-001X2023000500003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0035-001X2023000500003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0035-001X2023000500003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract We present a simplified model of a boat to study its rotational dynamics, which is a significant criterion for the development of navigation systems. The stability of a floating body can be examined by means of rotational potential energy, which depends solely on the boat&#8217;s gravity center and a point called the metacentric height. Typically, this geometric point is a function of the body&#8217;s orientation in relation to the fluid surface, and the estimation of its value can often be ambiguous. This paper presents an alternative method for calculating the metacentric height using a vectorial approach, as well as a general definition of rotational potential energy applicable to this type of problem. The potential energy facilitates the determination of stable and unstable equilibrium directions as a function of the boat&#8217;s relative density and orientation.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Floating bodies]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[metacentric height]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[rotational stability]]></kwd>
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