Why a ship doesn't sink

[Twoply 0]

What's the rule as to ships floating? It's something like a ship only displaces the volume of water that is equal to the ship's weight above water level or something like that? Who knows what the right answer is?

[headoverheels 334]

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Who knows what the right answer is?

Most any fourth grader.

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A ship pushes the same amount of water away as it sinks into the water as it weighs. If this happens before the decks are reached then hoorah! if not then poopie.

The boat stays afloat as the water is trying to fill this void that the ship creates in it pushing against it.

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What's the rule as to ships floating? It's something like a ship only displaces the volume of water that is equal to the ship's weight above water level or something like that? Who knows what the right answer is?

Essentially the water pressure pressing on the sides and bottom of the ship will cause as much buoyancy as the volume of water it displaces. If you add more weight, the ship sinks deeper and displaces more water, if you take weight away, the ship will float higher and displace less water...

[d123 4]

Yes the ship is pushed up with a force equal with the G force of the displaced volume of water. You will find this force not only in water but rather in every fluid. Another trick used for ships is to have most of the weight of the ship under the water so that the center of gravity is lower the the center of the force that is pushing up. This create stable equilibrium. Much like a good arch where the center of pressure is higher than the center of gravity so you are stable.

I believe that Archimedes was the 1st dude to find that force but I might be wrong. The force itself it is easily explained by the difference of pressure between the top area and bottom area of a solid body that is sink inside a fluid. I remember that I failed physic once because of this subject.

Here is a demonstration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyrPbSPJe_I

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What are you "sinking" about?

edit: to add more smiles and a demonstration.

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The Titantic sank.

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Who knows what the right answer is?

Most any fourth grader.

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[Amazon 7]

The boat stays afloat because a person.. or a whole bunch of persons do a LOT of freakin work on it to make sure it stays floating

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The Titantic sank.

Only in the movie duh!

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[Calvin19 0]

i read this and i was thinking-

but then i realised it was a joke, and now im

[piisfish 140]

AN-2's don't sink either

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[TheBile 0]

And there was me thinking they used anti-grav units.

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[Zep 0]

Because a guy called Archimedes said I'll work out the mathamatics so's they wont sink, Nice guy really, one of these days I'll dig him up an have a chat with him.

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[warpedskydiver 0]

Because someone didn't attach a limpett mine?

[Lindercles 0]

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AN-2's don't sink either

No, but they certainly do stink. What with all the rareified air and all.

[Stumpy 284]

Because its made of witches - duh

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[ExAFO 0]

Admiral Halsey forbade it to. That's why.

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[n2skdvn 0]

I work on a ship Let me ask the captain

if my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCULATOR = EVERLASTING FUN
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I work on a ship Let me ask the captain

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[jumper03 0]

I taught this very thing to my class about 5 weeks ago. Let me ask this question on the final they have next week and I'll let you know what they say....

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[Lindercles 0]

The answer is urinieumumum

[PLFXpert 0]

Is this like the thing where I had to make a boat out of Play-doh and the teacher dropped marbles in it until it sank and whosever's boat held the most marbles got like a star on their Hootie card or something?



I came in third place, by the way. And I didn't have a clue what I was doing. I just made a super-cute boat.

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[Lindercles 0]

Yes, it is. And if you win I'll give you a star on your Hootie card.

BTW, you win!

edit: I have no idea what a Hootie card is, but if it's what I think it is, you can win anytime you want.

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Is this like the thing where I had to make a boat out of Play-doh and the teacher dropped marbles in it until it sank and whosever's boat held the most marbles got like a star on their Hootie card or something?



I came in third place, by the way. And I didn't have a clue what I was doing. I just made a super-cute boat.

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