Design and development of an enhanced metacentric height measurement tool for laboratory experiment

The researches of fluid dynamics and stability of floating objects is the most importance in many fields such as shipbuilding and naval architecture. One measurement tool that is used to analyze the stability of floating objects is the metacentric height. The metacentric height measures the distance between the center of gravity and the metacentre of a floating body. The current metacentric height measurement tools used in laboratory experiments suffers from many problem like inaccurate measurement, limited data acquisition, limited experimental flexibility and lack of user-friendliness. The methodologies used in this project is research and analyze the existing metacentric height measurement techniques and tools, concept development based on identified requirements and objectives , testing and validation for accuracy, reliability, usability and compatibility. After that, for the expected result, it is surely to improve the metacentric height’s accuracy in measuring the value, also to enhance data acquisition capabilities and to increase the experimental flexibility during lab experiments.