2006-07-22 07:06:37 · 13 answers · asked by romantico_xavier 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
Displacement, A vessel will hold the weight of the volume of water it displaces minus the weight of the vessel. That is why even concrete ships can float.
2006-07-22 07:09:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ship floats because it displaces only as much water as the weight of the ship. The same goes with any other object like an ice cube floating in water.
2006-07-22 07:18:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ship, which is heavy but filled with empty rooms/cabins/holds
etc. will float. Put something into the holds and it floats lower in
the water (it has to displace more water to equal the weight of the
stuff put in the hold). Now, fill the ship with water and it sinks.
So, it isn't so much what the ship is built out of or how big it is
but it's SHAPE -- holding water out in favor of air (which is very light
compared to water) or cargo -- that makes a ship float.
2006-07-22 07:12:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A floating object displaces a volume of water equal to its total weight. Thus an object occupying more space than the water displaced will float. They even make boat hulls out of cement.
2006-07-24 09:31:36 · answer #4 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as the ship weighs less than the volume of water it displaces, it will float.
2006-07-22 07:10:57 · answer #5 · answered by schenzy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ships float because their mass is lighter than the oceans.
2006-07-22 07:09:03 · answer #6 · answered by Mr.Pettit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything will float if it can displace its weight in water.Which is what a ship does.The same reason a empty pot floats.
2006-07-22 07:11:45 · answer #7 · answered by paulofhouston 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If an merchandise displaces an volume of water equivalent to that is weight, it is going to drift. If an merchandise displaces an volume of water under that is weight, it is going to sink. interior the case of the deliver, the quantity of water that the hull displaces helps it to drift. interior the case of a rock, it has a greater robust density than water and so the load of the water it displaces via that is volume is under the load of the rock. A rock will drift in a liquid which has a greater robust density than that of the rock.
2016-12-10 12:17:42 · answer #8 · answered by koth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They displace an amount of water that's equal to the weight of the boat and, hopefully, the water is below the gunwals.
2006-07-22 07:19:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Another dickead in Bigdaddy.
It is nothing to do with holding air.
It is to do with displacement of water as other people have said.
Go here there is a full and easy to understand explanation:
http://www.edu.pe.ca/gulfshore/fluids/archimed/archimed.htm
2006-07-22 22:01:09 · answer #10 · answered by n 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋