why the ship or boat float in the ocean?
2007-06-23 02:37:50 · 7 answers · asked by philip c 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
displacement of water makes it able to float
2007-06-23 02:40:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Floatation is a question of displacing water. Archimedes discovered the Law of Hydrostatics which can be stated, any object immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. If the weight of the object is less than the buoyant force, it floats. A block of steel will sink because it weighs more than the water it displaces. But that same steel shaped into a ship hull will float, because the hull shape displaces more water than the simple block of metal.
2007-06-23 09:52:22 · answer #2 · answered by Bruce R 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A boat or ship (or anything) floats if it weighs less that the water it displaces.
2007-06-23 09:40:10 · answer #3 · answered by WineGuy_4647 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
look this up archemedies principle.
water displacement
2007-06-23 09:44:48 · answer #4 · answered by Michael M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
displacement factor. replacing weight for weight. volume for volume.
2007-06-23 09:41:58 · answer #5 · answered by windybrr 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
cause they have less dense than water
2007-06-23 09:40:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
ask the titanic this question
2007-06-23 09:41:01 · answer #7 · answered by sWeeT aS A LEmoN 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋