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Steel Submerged weight - is there a rule of thumb ratio

Steel Submerged weight - is there a rule of thumb ratio

Steel Submerged weight - is there a rule of thumb ratio

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folks

I appreciate the difference is minus the displaced volume of seawater but is there a rough ratio I can apply, ie if steel weighs 7850kg/m^3 and water is 1000kg/m^3 can I apply the ration (7850-1000)/7850=0.872 roughly providing no etrapted air?

Tks

RE: Steel Submerged weight - is there a rule of thumb ratio

Yes, if it is solid steel

RE: Steel Submerged weight - is there a rule of thumb ratio

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Cheers for clarification

RE: Steel Submerged weight - is there a rule of thumb ratio

Anchor designing?

you must get smarter than the software you're using.

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