I Will a Dense Green Object Sink in a Sealed Water-Filled Pipe?

[Meteor73]

Please see the below image, it is a closed and well sealed circulated pipe structure, fully filled with water and no air inside. The density of that green object is greater than water (say 1.2 while water is 1). In this situation, will the green object be sunk? Better with some explanations, but not only yes or no, thanks!

 

[davenn]

In this situation, will the green object be sunk?

what do you think and why ?

 

[Meteor73]

what do you think and why ?

Thanks for your reply, I think it will be sunk, as the total weight in the pipe with green object is heavier than the other pipe. I just want to confirm this and no need to consider other things.

 

[A.T.]

as the total weight in the pipe with green object is heavier than the other pipe

That is the reason why the whole thing would fall over, not why the green object sinks inside.

 

[Meteor73]

That is the reason why the whole thing would fall over, not why the green object sinks inside.

Sorry, do you mean water in both pipes will fall, and vacuum creates at top??

 

[sophiecentaur]

That is the reason why the whole thing would fall over, not why the green object sinks inside.

He left out the clamps for the experiment in the diagram. Did we not automatically take that into account? If the possibility of toppling was meant to be discussed, wouldn't there have been a table top in the diagram?
@Meteor73 that looks an OK argument - straight out of Archimedes

 

[Meteor73]

He left out the clamps for the experiment in the diagram. Did we not automatically take that into account? If the possibility of toppling was meant to be discussed, wouldn't there have been a table top in the diagram?
@Meteor73 that looks an OK argument - straight out of Archimedes

Thanks Sophie, this is not the scope of the experiment. We can assume the pipe structure is well fixed, and just focus on what happen inside the pipe.