OK minus the animals! We have the dimensions, has anyone
ever worked up a formula? Leave room for food storage!
2007-02-24 06:09:34 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I found this fantastic paper on Noah's Ark:
http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/articles/8619_issue_11_volume_4_number_1__3_12_2003.asp
really does a good job of describing the sheer impossibility.
2007-02-24 06:18:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Most of today's larger luxery cruise liners are larger and more sturdy than the wooden ark described in the Bible... but there is no way they could support the pressure of 6in/min rainfall for 40 days straight, or fit 2 or 7 of every animal on the planet.
Also, there is a limit to how long wooden craft can be without compromising structural integrity and allowing it to leak. That is 300 ft. The ark was 450 feet. This is the reason that the boat-building business shifted from wood to metal.
2007-02-24 06:16:24 · answer #2 · answered by dmlk2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it rained for 40 days and night. Nothing about a storm. Before the great flood, it never rained, the waters came from the ground. So people were killed off because they didn't know what to do about the water from the heavens. God told Noah exactly how to build the ark. God knew that that great boat would float with some animals in it. Nothing about a big storm.
2016-03-28 22:45:16 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they have, and this same basic size ratio, width,length,and height is still used by ship builders today. The Ark had about the same volume as the Titanic. It's amazing how many people call the story of Noah impossible but they weren't eyewitnesses, were they.
2007-02-24 06:18:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
UOC built a working model of the arch in the 1990s. All modern barges and sea going craft use the same dimension proportions as the arch did. As they are perfect for vessels of the sea.
2007-02-24 06:25:46 · answer #5 · answered by the light exposes the darkenss 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, people have made water and wind tunnel designs based on those in the Bible. To my knowledge they have not made interior designs because there is not enough info except that the interior had 3 decks.
The basic design is well done, as far as the height to width to length proportions, and extremely good for not tipping over or rolling.
So to answer your question - as far as we can deduce, the design is good for water travel; the interior design for carrying its intended cargo is untested.
But as I said by "design" we are only talking about height, width, to length ratio as that is all the info available. The BIble doesn't include blueprins as far as tapering, deck design, etc.
2007-02-24 06:14:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have only put it into art form. Living quarters for everything with food and water.
2007-02-24 06:27:08 · answer #7 · answered by jeni 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
titanic but it sank.
2007-02-24 06:14:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
no
2007-02-24 06:13:33 · answer #9 · answered by Jesus follower 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋