2006-11-02 10:10:21 · 5 answers · asked by cptindy 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
Displacing of water to air. You can make steel float by using the method which is how ships are designed.
2006-11-02 23:50:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ships or any boat for that mater ...... Float because of the bowl shape . The weight of the ship or a bowl that is floating is exactly equal as the water displaced , so ships are constructed with high side walls preventing or maintaining water out ,so then it floats .
So basically the visual mass that you see as the ship, is lighter than the water it displaces .
2006-11-02 13:23:39 · answer #2 · answered by young old man 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look up Archimedes and buoyancy on the net and you may row merrily, merrily, merrily.. gently down the stream.
Or.. perhaps the ships take themselves lightly?
2006-11-02 10:13:20 · answer #3 · answered by vertically challenged 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
although very heavy, they still have more buoyancy below the water level than they do above it.
2006-11-02 10:13:05 · answer #4 · answered by Mike Hunt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-02 11:34:38 · answer #5 · answered by tronary 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋